We study υ0- and υ1-divisibility properties of the [2e]-series associated to the universal 2-typical formal group law. This allows us to identify elements annihilating the toral class τ in BP*(2e × 2e). We conjecture that these elements form a minimal system of generators of the annihilator ideal of τ. This would provide a Landweber-type presentation for the BP-homology of 2e × 2e from which the relation hom:dimBP (Z2e × Z2e) = 2 would be an easy consequence.

A cohomologically triangulated category is an additive category A together with a translation functor t and a cohomology class Δ ∈ H3(A,t) such that any good translation track category representing Δ is a triangulated track category. In this paper we give purely cohomological conditions on Δ which imply that (A,t,Δ) is a cohomologically triangulated category, avoiding the use of track categories. This yields a purely cohomological characterization of triangulated cohomology classes.

Let A and B be separable nuclear continuous C(X)-algebras over a finite dimensional compact metrizable space X. It is shown that an element σ of the parametrized Kasparov group KKX(A,B) is invertible if and only all its fiberwise components σx ∈ KK(A(x),B(x)) are invertible. This criterion does not extend to infinite dimensional spaces since there exist nontrivial unital separable continuous fields over the Hilbert cube with all fibers isomorphic to the Cuntz algebra . Several applications to continuous fields of Kirchberg algebras are given. It is also shown that if each fiber of a separable nuclear continuous C(X)-algebra A over a finite dimensional locally compact space X satisfies the UCT, then A satisfies the UCT.

For every regular cardinal α, we construct a cofibrantly generated Quillen model structure on a category whose objects are essentially dg categories which are stable under suspensions, cosuspensions, cones and α-small sums.

Using results of Porta, we show that the category of well-generated (algebraic) triangulated categories in the sense of Neeman is naturally enhanced by our Quillen model category.

We compute the K-theory of the C*-algebra for a large class of foliations of the 3-torus, which contains in particular all smooth foliated circle bundles over the 2-torus. This generalizes a well-known result of Torpe. We show that the rank of the K-theory groups reflect part of the geometrical aspect of the foliation. To illustrate these results, we compute some concrete examples, including a case where both K-theory groups have infinite rank.

In this article we use the theories of relative algebraic geometry and of homotopical algebraic geometry (cf. [HAGII]) to construct some categories of schemes defined under Specℤ. We define the categories of ℕ-schemes, 1-schemes, -schemes, +-schemes and 1-schemes, where (from an intuitive point of view) ℕ is the semi-ring of natural numbers, 1 is the field with one element, is the ring spectra of integers, + is the semi-ring spectra of natural numbers and 1 is the ring spectra with one element. These categories of schemes are linked together by base change functors, and all of them have a base change functor to the category of ℤ-schemes. We show that the linear group Gln and the toric varieties can be defined as objects in these categories.

Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of false gauge field copies by means of the Atiyah-Singer index theorem are established. Related topics are briefly discussed.

In this paper, we prove Roitman's theorem regarding torsion 0-cycles for singular projective varieties over algebraically closed fields of arbitrary characteristic, for torsion which is of exponent prime to the characteristic. This generalizes earlier results for complex projective varieties. Our proof even in that case is different from the earlier ones.

Let G be a locally compact group acting smoothly and properly by isometries on a complete Riemannian manifold M, with compact quotient G\M. There is an assembly map which associates to any G-equivariant K-homology class on M, an element of the topological K-theory of a suitable Banach completion of the convolution algebra of continuous compactly supported functions on G. The aim of this paper is to calculate the composition of the assembly map with the Chern character in entire cyclic homology . We prove an index theorem reducing this computation to a cup-product in bivariant entire cyclic cohomology. As a consequence we obtain an explicit localization formula which includes, as particular cases, the equivariant Atiyah-Segal-Singer index theorem when G is compact, and the Connes-Moscovici index theorem for G-coverings when G is discrete. The proof is based on the bivariant Chern character introduced in previous papers.

We pursue the program initiated in [7], which consists of an attempt by means of K-theory to construct a strongly torsion generated group with prescribed center and integral homology in dimensions two and higher. Using algebraic and topological K-theory for real C*-algebras, we realize such a construction up to homological dimension five. We also explore the limits of the K-theoretic approach.

We prove that the Chow motive of an anisotropic projective homogeneous variety of type F4 is isomorphic to the direct sum of twisted copies of a generalized Rost motive. In particular, we provide an explicit construction of a generalized Rost motive for a generically splitting variety for a symbol in . We also establish a motivic isomorphism between two anisotropic non-isomorphic projective homogeneous varieties of type F4. All our results hold for Chow motives with integral coefficients.

Formulas for the derived Witt groups of projective bundles are obtained. We deduce them from general properties of Witt theory, with the help of twisted Thom isomorphisms, avoiding explicit use of triangulated categories. Witt groups of completely split quadrics are also considered.

In an earlier paper, the authors constructed an explicit Chow-Künneth decomposition for the quotient of an abelian variety by the action of a finite group. In the present paper, the authors extend the techniques used there to obtain an explicit Lefschetz decomposition for such quotient varieties.

The main result of the paper is a classification of all connected subgroup schemes of a reductive group containing a split maximal torus, over an arbitrary field. The classification is expressed in terms of functions on the root system.

In this work we consider deformations of Leibniz algebras over a field of characteristic zero. The main problem in deformation theory is to describe all non-equivalent deformations of a given object. We give a method to solve this problem completely, namely work out a construction of a versal deformation for a given Leibniz algebra, which induces all non-equivalent deformations and is unique on the infinitesimal level.

We construct invariants of relative K-theory classes of multiparameter dependent pseudodifferential operators, which recover and generalize Melrose's divisor flow and its higher odd-dimensional versions of Lesch and Pflaum. These higher divisor flows are obtained by means of pairing the relative K-theory modulo the symbols with the cyclic cohomological characters of relative cycles constructed out of the regularized operator trace together with its symbolic boundary. Besides giving a clear and conceptual explanation to the essential features of the divisor flows, namely homotopy invariance, additivity and integrality, this construction allows to uncover the previously unknown even-dimensional counterparts. Furthermore, it confers to the totality of these invariants a purely topological interpretation, that of implementing the classical Bott periodicity isomorphisms in a manner compatible with the suspension isomorphisms in both K-theory and in cyclic cohomology. We also give a precise formulation, in terms of a natural Clifford algebraic suspension, for the relationship between the higher divisor flows and the spectral flow.

We introduce the category of bicomodules for a comonad on a Grothendieck category whose underlying functor is right exact and preserves direct sums. We characterize comonads with a separable forgetful functor by means of cohomology groups using cointegrations into bicomodules. We present two applications: the characterization of coseparable corings stated in [14], and the characterization of coseparable coalgebra coextensions stated in [19].

Let A be an affine algebra of dimension n over an algebraically closed field k with 1/n! ∈ k. Let P be a projective A-module of rank n − 1. Then, it is an open question due to N. Mohan Kumar, whether P is cancellative. We prove the following results:

(i) If A = R[T,T−1], then P is cancellative.

(ii) If A = R[T,1/f] or A = R[T,f1/f,…,fr/f], where f(T) is a monic polynomial and f,f1,…,fr is R[T]-regular sequence, then An−1 is cancellative. Further, if k = p, then P is cancellative.

This paper studies Auslander-Reiten triangles in subcategories of triangulated categories. The main theorem shows that the Auslander-Reiten triangles in a subcategory are closely connected with the approximation properties of the subcategory. Namely, let C be an object in the subcategory C of the triangulated category T, and let

be an Auslander-Reiten triangle in T. Then under suitable assumptions, there is an Auslander-Reiten triangle

in C if and only if there is a minimal right-C-approximation of the form

.

The theory is used to give a new proof of the existence of Auslander-Reiten sequences over finite dimensional algebras.

Let G be a finite group and [G] its integral group ring. We prove that the twisted nil groups N([G]) vanish for all i ≤ 1 for G a finite group of square-free order.