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Hochschild-Witt complex

K-Theory and Homology 2016-04-07 v1 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology

Abstract

In arxiv:1602.04254, we have defined polynomial Witt vectors functor from vector spaces over a perfect field kk of positive characteristic pp to abelian groups. In this paper, we use polynomial Witt vectors to construct a functorial Hochschild-Witt complex WCH(A)WCH_*(A) for any associative unital kk-algebra AA, with homology groups WHH(A)WHH_*(A). We prove that the group WHH0(A)WHH_0(A) coincides with the group of non-commutative Witt vectors defined by Hesselholt, while if AA is commutative, finitely generated, and smooth, the groups WHHi(A)WHH_i(A) are naturally identified with the terms WΩAiW\Omega^i_A of the de Rham-Witt complex of the spectrum of AA.

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@article{arxiv.1604.01588,
  title  = {Hochschild-Witt complex},
  author = {D. Kaledin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.01588},
  year   = {2016}
}

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