Motives with modulus

Publication date 23 November 2015

Abstract: We construct and study a triangulated category of motives with modulus

m a t h b f {M D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

over a field

k

that extends Voevodsky's category

m a t h b f {D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

in such a way as to encompass non-homotopy invariant phenomena. In a similar way as

m a t h b f {D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

is constructed out of smooth

k

-varieties,

m a t h b f {M D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

is constructed out of emph{proper modulus pairs}, that is, pairs of a proper

k

-variety

X

and an effective divisor

D

on

X

such that

X s e t m i n u s | D |

is smooth. To a modulus pair

(X, D)

we associate its motive

M (X, D) i n m a t h b f {M D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

. In some cases the Hom group in

m a t h b f {M D M}_{m a t h r m g m}^{m a t h r m e f f}

between the motives of two modulus pairs can be described in terms of Bloch's higher Chow groups.

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