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Koszul complexes and symmetric forms over the punctured affine space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2005

Paul Balmer
Affiliation:
D-Math, ETH Zentrum, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland. E-mail: balmer@math.ethz.ch, gille@math.ethz.ch
Stefan Gille
Affiliation:
D-Math, ETH Zentrum, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland. E-mail: balmer@math.ethz.ch, gille@math.ethz.ch
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Abstract

Let $X$ be a regular separated scheme of finite Krull dimension and let $U^{n}_{X} \subset A^{n}_{X}$ be the punctured affine $n$-space over $X$. We show that the total graded Witt ring of $U^{n}_{X}$ is a free graded module over the total graded Witt ring of $X$ with two generators $1$ and $\epsilon$. The second generator satisfies the equation $\epsilon^{2} = 1$ when $n = 1$ and $\epsilon^{2} = 0$ when $n \geq 2$.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2005 London Mathematical Society

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Footnotes

Both authors are supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation, grant 620-066065.