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Roitman's theorem on torsion zero-cycles asserts that the restriction \(\alpha_{tor}\) of the Abel-Jacobi map \(\alpha: A_0 (X)\to\text{Alb} (X)(k)\) from the group of zero-cycles of degree 0 modulo rational equivalence into the \(k\)-points of the Albanese variety of a nonsingular projective geometrically irreducible variety \(X\) over a field \(k\) is an isomorphism when \(k\) is algebraically closed. When \(k=\mathbb{R}\), the real number field, however, \(\alpha_{\text{tor}}\) is not necessarily an isomorphism. In this paper the author gives a complete description of the kernel and cokernel of \(\alpha_{\text{tor}}\) in terms of the étale cohomology of \(X\) with coefficients in \(\mathbb{Q}/ \mathbb{Z}(j)= \varinjlim \mu_n^{\otimes j}\). The key step of his proof is the construction of a cohomological Abel-Jacobi map \(\lambda_i \text{CH}^i (X)_{\text{tor}} \to H_{\text{et}}^{2i-1} (X,\mathbb{Q}/ \mathbb{Z}(i))\). This map is then shown to be an isomorphism in the case of zero-cycles by inspection of the Bloch-Ogus spectral sequence. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0935.00034].