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Relative algebraic K-theory by elementary means

K-Theory and Homology 2016-02-17 v2

Abstract

In a previous paper I gave a presentation for the Quillen higher algebraic K-groups of an exact category in terms of "acyclic binary multicomplexes". In this paper I take that presentation as a definition of the higher K-groups, generalize it to the relative K-groups of an exact functor between exact categories, and produce the corresponding long exact sequence by elementary means, without homotopy theory.

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@article{arxiv.1310.8644,
  title  = {Relative algebraic K-theory by elementary means},
  author = {Daniel R. Grayson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.8644},
  year   = {2016}
}
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