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A $p$-adic de Rham complex

Algebraic Topology 2025-01-20 v1

Abstract

This is the second in a sequence of three articles exploring the relationship between commutative algebras and EE_\infty-algebras in characteristic pp and mixed characteristic. Given a topological space X,X, we construct, in a manner analogous to Sullivan's APLA_{PL}-functor, a strictly commutative algebra over \padic\padic which we call the de Rham forms on XX. We show this complex computes the singular cohomology ring of XX. We prove that it is quasi-isomorphic as an EE_\infty-algebra to the Berthelot-Ogus-Deligne \emph{d\'ecalage} of the singular cochains complex with respect to the pp-adic filtration. We show that one can extract concrete invariants from our model, including Massey products which live in the torsion part of the cohomology. We show that if XX is formal then, except at possibly finitely many primes, the pp-adic de Rham forms on XX are also formal. We conclude by showing that the pp-adic de Rham forms provide, in a certain sense, the "best functorial strictly commutative approximation" to the singular cochains complex.

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@article{arxiv.2501.10164,
  title  = {A $p$-adic de Rham complex},
  author = {Oisín Flynn-Connolly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.10164},
  year   = {2025}
}

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22 pages. Comments are welcome

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