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We describe the orthogonal to the group of principal ideles with respect to the global tame symbol pairing on the group of ideles of a smooth projective algebraic curve over a field., Comment: 12 pages

Let $R$ be a commutative ring and $I\subset R$ be a nilpotent ideal such that the quotient $R/I$ splits out of $R$ as a ring. Let $N$ be a natural number such that ${I^N=0}$. We establish a canonical isomorphism between the relative Milnor $K$-group $K^{M}_{n+1}(R,I)$ and the quotient of the relative module of differential forms $\Omega^n_{R,I}/d\,\Omega^{n-1}_{R,I}$ assuming that $N!$ is invertible in $R$ and that the ring $R$ is weakly $5$-fold stable. The latter means that any $4$-tuple of elements in $R$ can be shifted by an invertible element to become a $4$-tuple of invertible elements., Comment: 37 pages

Given a variety with a finite group action, we compare its equivariant categorical measure, that is, the categorical measure of the corresponding quotient stack, and the categorical measure of the extended quotient. Using weak factorization for orbifolds, we show that for a wide range of cases, these two measures coincide. This implies, in particular, a conjecture of Galkin and Shinder on categorical and motivic zeta-functions of varieties. We provide examples showing that, in general, these two measures are not equal. We also give an example related to a conjecture of Polishchuk and Van den Bergh, showing that a certain condition in this conjecture is indeed necessary., Comment: 55 pages. Comments are welcome

We prove that if a smooth projective algebraic variety of dimension less or equal to three has a unit type integral $K$-motive, then its integral Chow motive is of Lefschetz type. As a consequence, the integral Chow motive is of Lefschetz type for a smooth projective variety of dimension less or equal to three that admits a full exceptional collection., Comment: 21 pages

We prove that the higher-dimensional Contou-Carr\`ere symbol is invariant under continuous automorphisms of algebras of iterated Laurent series over a ring. Applying this property, we obtain a new explicit formula for the higher-dimensional Contou-Carr\`ere symbol. Unlike previously known formulas, this formula is given over an arbitrary ring, not necessarily a $\mathbb Q$-algebra, and does not involve algebraic $K$-theory., Comment: 18 pages; minor changes

We study continuous homomorphisms between algebras of iterated Laurent series over a commutative ring. We give a full description of such homomorphisms in terms of a discrete data determined by the images of parameters. In similar terms, we give a criterion of invertibility of an endomorphism and provide an explicit formula for the inverse endomorphism. We study the behavior of the higher-dimensional residue under continuous homomorphisms., Comment: 26 pages; minor changes

This is a textbook on arithmetic geometry with special regard to unramified Brauer groups of algebraic varieties. The topics include Galois cohomology, Brauer groups, obstructions to stable rationality, arithmetic and geometry of quadrics, Weil restriction of scalars, algebraic tori, an example of a stably rational non-rational variety, Brauer-Manin obstruction. All material is split into locally trivial problems with detailed hints., Comment: Minor corrections; 189 pages, in Russian

We prove that irreducible complex representations of finitely generated nilpotent groups are monomial if and only if they have finite weight, which was conjectured by Parshin. Note that we consider (possibly, infinite-dimensional) representations without any topological structure. Besides, we prove that for certain induced representations, irreducibility is implied by Schur irreducibility. Both results are obtained in a more general form for representations over an arbitrary field., Comment: 28 pages

We construct a higher-dimensional Contou-Carr\`ere symbol and we study its various fundamental properties. The higher-dimensional Contou-Carr\`ere symbol is defined by means of the boundary map for $K$-groups. We prove its universal property. We provide an explicit formula for the higher-dimensional Contou-Carr\`ere symbol over $\mathbb Q$ and we prove integrality of this formula. A relation with the higher-dimensional Witt pairing is also studied., Comment: 75 pages; minor changes

We prove that the tangent space to the $(n+1)$-th Milnor $K$-group of a ring $R$ is isomorphic to group of $n$-th absolute K\"ahler differentials of $R$ when the ring $R$ contains $\frac{1}{2}$ and has sufficiently many invertible elements. More precisely, the latter condition is that $R$ is weakly $5$-fold stable in the sense of Morrow., Comment: 11 pages, to appear in Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. vol. 290 (2015)

We solve a technical problem related to adeles on an algebraic surface. Given a finite set of natural numbers up to two, one associates an adelic group. We show that this operation commutes with taking intersections if the surface is defined over an uncountable field and we provide a counterexample otherwise., Comment: 11 pages

We construct an example of a regular algebra over $\mathbb C$ of dimension $d$ and a rank $r$ projective module over it which is not generated by $d+r-1$ elements. This strengthens an example by Swan over the field of real numbers., Comment: 5 pages

In this paper we give a construction of phantom categories, i.e. admissible triangulated subcategories in bounded derived categories of coherent sheaves on smooth projective varieties that have trivial Hochschild homology and trivial Grothendieck group. We also prove that these phantom categories are phantoms in a stronger sense, namely, they have trivial K-motives and, hence, all their higher K-groups are trivial too., Comment: LaTeX, 18 pages

We study isomonodromicity of systems of parameterized linear differential equations and related conjugacy properties of linear differential algebraic groups by means of differential categories. We prove that isomonodromicity is equivalent to isomonodromicity with respect to each parameter separately under a filtered-linearly closed assumption on the field of functions of parameters. Our result implies that one does not need to solve any non-linear differential equations to test isomonodromicity anymore. This result cannot be further strengthened by weakening the requirement on the parameters as we show by giving a counterexample. Also, we show that isomonodromicity is equivalent to conjugacy to constants of the associated parameterized differential Galois group, extending a result of P. Cassidy and M. Singer, which we also prove categorically. We illustrate our main results by a series of examples, using, in particular, a relation between Gauss-Manin connection and parameterized differential Galois groups., Comment: 31 pages

Generalizing Atiyah extensions, we introduce and study differential abelian tensor categories over differential rings. By a differential ring, we mean a commutative ring with an action of a Lie ring by derivations. In particular, these derivations act on a differential category. A differential Tannakian theory is developed. The main application is to the Galois theory of linear differential equations with parameters. Namely, we show the existence of a parameterized Picard-Vessiot extension and, therefore, the Galois correspondence for many differential fields with, possibly, non-differentially closed fields of constants, that is, fields of functions of parameters. Other applications include a substantially simplified test for a system of linear differential equations with parameters to be isomonodromic, which will appear in a separate paper. This application is based on differential categories developed in the present paper, and not just differential algebraic groups and their representations., Comment: 90 pages, minor corrections

We give a general method of constructing positive stable model structures for symmetric spectra over an abstract simplicial symmetric monoidal model category. The method is based on systematic localization, in Hirschhorn's sense, of a ceratin positive projective model structure on spectra, where positivity basically means the truncation of the zero slice. The localization above is by the set of stabilizing morphisms, or their truncated version., Comment: 20 pages

We construct the so-called polar complex for an arbitrary locally free sheaf on a smooth variety over a field of characteristic zero. This complex is built from logarithmic forms on all irreducible subvarieties with values in a locally free sheaf. We prove that cohomology groups of the polar complex are canonically isomorphic to the cohomology groups of the locally free sheaf. Relations of the polar complex with Rost's cycle modules, algebraic cycles, Cousin complex, and adelic complex are discussed. In particular, the polar complex is a subcomplex in the Cousin complex. One can say that the polar complex is a first order pole part of the Cousin complex, providing a much smaller, but, in fact, quasiisomorphic subcomplex., Comment: 37 pages

We show how the notion of the transcendence degree of a zero-cycle on a smooth projective variety X is related to the structure of the motive M(X). This can be of particular interest in the context of Bloch's conjecture, especially for Godeaux surfaces, when the surface is given as a finite quotient of a suitable quintic in P^3., Comment: 13 pages, added references

The purpose of this paper is to construct non-trivial elements in the Abel-Jacobi kernels in any codimension by specializing correspondences with non-trivial Hodge-theoretical invariants at points with different transcendence degrees over a subfield in $\CC$., Comment: 31 pages, added references

We study symmetric powers in the homotopy categories of abstract closed symmetric monoidal model categories, in both unstable and stable settings. As an outcome, we prove that symmetric powers preserve the Nisnevich and etale homotopy type in the unstable and stable motivic homotopy theories of schemes over a base. More precisely, if f is a weak equivalence of motivic spaces, or a weak equivalence between positively cofibrant motivic spectra, with respect to the Nisnevich or etale topology on schemes, then all symmetric powers Sym^n(f) are weak equivalences too. This gives left derived symmetric powers which aggregate into a categorical lambda-structures on the corresponding motivic homotopy categories of schemes over a base., Comment: 39 pages

We study links between algebraic cycles on threefolds and finite-dimensionality of their motives with coefficients in Q. We decompose the motive of a non-singular projective threefold X with representable algebraic part of CH_0(X) into Lefschetz motives and the Picard motive of a certain abelian variety, isogenous to the corresponding intermediate Jacobian J^2(X) when the ground field is C. In particular, it implies motivic finite-dimensionality of Fano threefolds over a field. We also prove representability of zero-cycles on several classes of threefolds fibered by surfaces with algebraic H^2. This gives another new examples of three-dimensional varieties whose motives are finite-dimensional., Comment: 26 pages

The paper discusses four approaches to the biextension of Chow groups and their equivalences. These are the following: an explicit construction given by S.Bloch, a construction in terms of the Poincare biextension of dual intermediate Jacobians, a construction in terms of K-cohomology, and a construction in terms of determinant of cohomology of coherent sheaves. A new approach to J.Franke's Chow categories is given. An explicit formula for the Weil pairing of algebraic cycles is obtained., Comment: 42 pages; sections concerning determinant of cohomology construction are completely changed; several improvements in other parts are made

We give a stack-theoretic proof for some results on families of hyperelliptic curves., Comment: 8 pages; final version, to appear on Arch. Math

A generalization of the usual ideles group is proposed, namely, we construct certain adelic complexes for sheaves of $K$-groups on schemes. More generally, such complexes are defined for any abelian sheaf on a scheme. We focus on the case when the sheaf is associated to the presheaf of a homology theory with certain natural axioms, satisfied by $K$-theory. In this case it is proven that the adelic complex provides a flasque resolution for the above sheaf and that the natural morphism to the Gersten complex is a quasiisomorphism. The main advantage of the new adelic resolution is that it is contravariant and multiplicative in contrast to the Gersten resolution. In particular, this allows to reprove that the intersection in Chow groups coincides up to sign with the natural product in the corresponding $K$-cohomology groups. Also, we show that the Weil pairing can be expressed as a Massey triple product in $K$-cohomology groups with certain indices., Comment: 64 pages

The main subject of this work is the difference between the coarse moduli space and the stack of hyperelliptic curves. We compute their Picard groups, giving explicit description of the generators. We get an application to the (non-)existence of a tautological family over the coarse moduli space., Comment: 13 pages. Section 2 has been shortened and the final appendix has been erased. Final version, to appear on Math. Zeit

The main subject is the difference between the coarse moduli space and the stack of hyperelliptic curves. In particular, we compute their Picard groups, giving explicit description of the generators. We also study how many families of hyperelliptic curves may have the same modular map as well as the existence of the tautological family over the coarse moduli space of hyperelliptic curves., Comment: 37 pages

We study families of n-gonal curves with maximal variation of moduli, which have a rational section. Certain numerical results on the degree of the modular map are obtained for such families of hyperelliptic and trigonal curves. In the last case we use the description of the relative Picard group of the universal family of trigonal curves., Comment: 16 pages. Some modifications on the third section. References added

Arbarello, de Concini, and Kac have constructed a central extension of the ideles group on a smooth projective algebraic curve. We show a relation of this central extension with the theta-bundle and the Poincare biextension of the Jacobian of the curve. As an application we get a new proof of the adelic formula for the Weil pairing., Comment: 10 pages; this is a shortened and a clearer version of the previous text; some references added

There exists a well-known Lefschetz formula for the number of fixed points in algebraic topology. In algebraic geometry, there exist cohomologies of coherent sheaves. It is natural to consider the same alternated sum of traces as in Lefschetz formula for cohomologies of sheaves. In the present paper, we consider the case of the action of a one-dimensional torus on a smooth projectve variety. Using theory of adelic complexes it becomes possible to rewrite coherent Lefschetz formula in a new compact form and then to prove it., Comment: 19 pages