Riemann-Roch for equivariant Chow groups

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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to prove an equivariant Riemann-Roch theorem for schemes or algebraic spaces with an action of a linear algebraic group G. For a G-space X, this theorem gives an isomorphism between a completion of the equivariant Grothendieck group and a completion of equivariant equivariant Chow groups. The key to proving this isomorphism is a geometric description of completions of the equivariant Grothendieck group. Besides Riemann-Roch, this result has some purely K-theoretic applications. In particular, we prove a conjecture of K"ock (in the case of regular schemes) and extend to arbitrary characteristic a result of Segal on representation rings.


In this paper, the authors prove an equivariant version of the Riemann-Roch theorem for an algebraic space \(X\) with an action of a linear algebraic group \(G\). Consider the Grothendieck group of \(G\)-equivariant coherent sheaves on \(X\) tensored by the field of rational numbers. The theorem says that there is an isomorphism between the completion of this group along the augmentation ideal and the product of all the equivariant rational Chow groups of \(X\). In order to prove the theorem, a geometric description of completions of the equivariant Grothendieck group is given. Two applications involving \(K\)-theory are given. First, a conjecture of Köck is proven for the case where \(X\) is a regular scheme over a field. Secondly, a result of Segal on representation rings is extended to arbitrary characteristic. Both these results are a consequence of a theorem that states that the completions of the equivariant \(K\)-theory with respect to two specific ideals are isomorphic.



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