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A conjecture of Morel asserts that the sheaf of $\mathbb A^1$-connected components of a space is $\mathbb A^1$-invariant. Using purely algebro-geometric methods, we determine the sheaf of $\mathbb A^1$-connected components of a smooth…

We show that the sheaf of $\mathbb A^1$-connected components of a reductive algebraic group over a perfect field is strongly $\mathbb A^1$-invariant. As a consequence, torsors under such groups give rise to $\mathbb A^1$-fiber sequences. We…

We show that the sheaf of $\mathbb A^1$-connected components of a Nisnevich sheaf of sets and its universal $\mathbb A^1$-invariant quotient (obtained by iterating the $\mathbb A^1$-chain connected components construction and taking the…

In this article we prove that any $\mathbb{A}^1$-contractible smooth complex surface is isomorphic as a variety to $\mathbb{C}^2$. We show that the $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected component of a variety $X$ contains the information about…

For any sheaf of sets $\mathcal F$ on $Sm/k$, it is well known that the universal $\mathbb A^1$-invariant quotient of $\mathcal F$ is given as the colimit of sheaves $\mathcal S^n(\mathcal F)$ where $\mathcal S(F)$ is the sheaf of naive…

Over a perfect field, we determine the sheaf of $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected components of a class of threefolds given by the Blow-up of a variety admitting a $\mathbb{P}^1$-fibration over either an $\mathbb{A}^1$-rigid or a non-uniruled…

Morel's stable connectivity theorems state that for any connective $S^1$-spectrum $F$ of motivic spaces (Nisnevich simplicial sheaves) over an arbitrary field, the spectrum $L_{\mathbb A^1}(F)$ is connective, and the same property for…

In this note we prove that the $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected component sheaf $a_{Nis}(\pi_0^{\mathbb{A}^1}(\mathcal{X}))$ of an $H$-group $\mathcal{X}$ is $\mathbb{A}^1$-invariant.

In this paper, we study the Nisnevich sheafification $\mathcal{H}^1_{\acute{e}t}(G)$ of the presheaf associating to a smooth scheme the set of isomorphism classes of $G$-torsors, for a reductive group $G$. We show that if $G$-torsors on…

We explicitly describe the $\mathbb A^1$-chain homotopy classes of morphisms from a smooth henselian local scheme into a smooth projective surface, which is birationally ruled over a curve of genus $> 0$. We consequently determine the sheaf…

A conjecture of Morel asserts that the sheaf of A^1-connected components of a simplicial sheaf X is A^1-invariant. A conjecture of Asok-Morel asserts that A^1-connected components of smooth k-schemes coincide with their A^1-chain-connected…

We prove that any geometrically connected curve $X$ over a field $k$ is an algebraic $K(\pi,1)$, as soon as its geometric irreducible components have nonzero genus. This means that the cohomology of any locally constant constructible…

In this paper, we study $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected varieties from log geometry point of view, and prove a criterion for $\mathbb{A}^1$-connectedness. As applications, we provide many interesting examples of $\mathbb{A}^1$-connected varieties…

Given a smooth scheme X with an action by an affine algebraic group G, we give a formula to compute the Nisnevich sheaf of the motivic connected components of the quotient stack [X/G] in the case of an orbifold. We apply it to identify all…

To each complex composition algebra $\mathbb{A}$, there associates a projective symmetric manifold $X(\mathbb{A})$ of Picard number one, which is just a smooth hyperplane section of the following varieties ${\rm Lag}(3,6), {\rm Gr}(3,6),…

Let $E^*$ be a finite complex of locally free sheaves on a complex manifold $X$. We prove that to every connection of type $(1,0)$ on $E^*$ it is canonically associated an $L_{\infty}$ morphism $g\colon A^{0,…

We study some aspects of the relationship between A^1-homotopy theory and birational geometry. We study the so-called A^1-singular chain complex and zeroth A^1-homology sheaf of smooth algebraic varieties over a field k. We exhibit some…

We study the relationship between several notions of connectedness arising in ${\mathbb A}^1$-homotopy theory of smooth schemes over a field $k$: ${\mathbb A}^1$-connectedness, stable ${\mathbb A}^1$-connectedness and motivic connectedness,…

We give a general structure theorem for affine A 1-fibrations on smooth quasi-projective surfaces. As an application, we show that every smooth A 1-fibered affine surface non-isomorphic to the total space of a line bundle over a smooth…

We show that the triviality of sections of the sheaf of A^1-chain connected components of a space over finitely generated separable field extensions of the base field is not sufficient to ensure the triviality of the sheaf of its A^1-chain…