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Varieties and pure symbols

Algebraic Geometry 2025-09-03 v1 Algebraic Topology K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

In this article, we prove that the 2-isotropy of any projective variety is controlled by a pure symbol in the Milnor's K-theory (mod 2) of the flexible closure of the base field. We also show that such pure symbols control the 2-equivalence of field extensions as well as the numerical equivalence of algebraic cycles (with mod 2 coefficients).

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@article{arxiv.2509.00592,
  title  = {Varieties and pure symbols},
  author = {Alexander Vishik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.00592},
  year   = {2025}
}

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8 pages

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