The homotopy obstructions in complete intersections

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Abstract: Let A be a regular ring over a field k, with 1/2ink and dimension d. We discuss the Homotopy Conjecture of Madhav V. Nori, in the complete intersection case (meaning when the projective module in question if free, of rank at least 2). Recently, an obstruction set (sheaf) pi0(Q2n)(A) was introduced [F] to detect when a surjective map AnoI/I2 lifts to a surjective map AnoI. We establish that pi0(Q2n)(A) coincides with the obstruction set of equivalence classes, originally suggested by Nori. We also establish that pi0(Q2n)(A) has a natural groups structure, when 2ngeqd+2. Further, we establish that, when 2ngeqd+2, there is a surjective homomorphism En(A)opi0(Q2n)(A), where En(A) denotes the Euler class group defined by Bhatwadekar and Sridharan [BS2]. This homomorphism is an isomorphism, whenever triviality, in pi0(Q2n)(A), of an orientation (I,omegaI),guaranteesthatomega_IliftstoasurjectivemapA^n o I$. We also give a Quadratic version of Lindel's Theorem, on extendibility of projective modules.



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