Relative Chow groups (Q1182730)

The higher Chow groups of a regular scheme were defined by Bloch, furnishing a geometric interpretation for the higher \(K\)-groups. The sheaves of higher \(K\)-groups recover the full ordinary Chow groups, including torsion: formula of Bloch-Quillen, spectral sequence of Gersten. In the paper these relationships are generalized to the higher Chow groups. Relative Chow groups, with respect to a closed subscheme, and relative higher Chow groups are defined, to which the relationships extend as well. For divisors, the relative Chow group is expressed in terms of Picard groups, using the generalized Bloch formula.