A zero theorem for the transfer of coherent Witt groups (Q3022682)

For a Gorenstein ring \(R\) of finite Krull dimension, one of the authors defined [\textit{S. Gille}, Math. Ann. 322, 103--137 (2002; Zbl 1010.19003)] a sequence of groups \(\widetilde W^i(R)\) for \(i\in\mathbb Z\), called the coherent Witt groups. For a regular element \(t\in R\), also \(R/Rt\) is Gorenstein, and for each \(i\) there is a transfer morphism \(\widetilde W^i(R/Rt)\to \widetilde W^{i+1}(R)\). The main result of this paper is that if the quotient map \(R\to Rt\) admits a flat splitting, then these transfer morphisms all are identically zero. As an application of this technical result, the authors give a new proof of the fact that for the spectrum of a semilocal regular ring of finite type over a field, the augmented Gersten-Witt complex is exact.