# On the Lichtenbaum-Quillen Conjectures (Updated 10/30/2021)

### Abstract

Starting with some motivations and brief expositions on algebraic K theory, I’ll introduce some early important computations of algebraic K-theory, including computations of K theory of finite fields and of rings of integers for which I will briefly outline the proofs. Then we’ll move on to K-theory with finite coefficients of separably closed fields. With the motivation of recovering some information of K-theory of an arbitrary field from its separable closure, we introduce a few versions of the Lichtenbaum-Quillen conjectures as descent spectral sequences of \’etale Cohomology groups. If time permits, I’ll mention relation to motivic Cohomology that a key tool is some “motivic-to-K-theory” spectral sequence.

These are notes based on my talk on Oct 01, 2021 in UIUC Graduate Homotopy Seminar. The main references are [1] and [2]. The outline of the proof of Quillen’s K-theory of finite fields has been moved to Appendix A.

Here are the notes, updated on 10/30/2021. I thank Prof Grayson for comments and pointing out some typos.

Updates (10/30/2021): Fixing a few typos, adding reference to the claim about the fixed point spectrum $K_*F= (K_*E)^G$ for a Galois extension $E\to F$.

### References

[1] Mitchell, Stephen A. “On the Lichtenbaum-Quillen conjectures from a stable homotopy-theoretic viewpoint.” Algebraic topology and its applications. Springer, New York, NY, 1994. 163-240.

[2] Weibel, Charles A. The K-book: An introduction to algebraic K-theory. Vol. 145. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 2013.

# A Summary of Quillen’s K-theory of Finite Fields

### Abstract

This is an outline of Quillen’s proof for the calculation of K-theory of finite fields, originally done by Quillen in [1], see also [2] for a slightly different presentations with more background materials included.

Here are the full post:

### References

[1] Quillen, Daniel. “On the cohomology and K-theory of the general linear groups over a finite field.” Annals of Mathematics 96.3 (1972): 552-586.

[2] Mitchell, S. Notes on K theory of nite elds. Available online:
https://sites.math.northwestern.edu/ jnkf/Mitchell-niteeldsKtheory.pdf

# K theory of finite fields (mod l homology)

Recently I have been reading about K theory of finite fields. Here I write some summaries about this calculation and calculate the homology ring of $F\psi ^q$ which is one step in the computation of finite fields, see section 4, {Mitchell}. This post may be continued.

This post has been continued on A Summary of Quillen’s K-theory of Finite Fields (Oct 16, 2021).

# Notes on A Primer on Unstable Motivic Homotopy Theory

Notes on homotopy limits, singular constructions, fiber sequences (handwritten notes for the reading group talk):

# Calculate (co)limits as (co)equalisers (two examples)

There is a general formulation for constructing limits as equalisers: see Theorem 1 in Section V.2, Maclane. For the dual version, see Theorem A.2.1 in Appendix A written by me.

The constructions look like these (see the links above for details):

But in practice, these diagrams may not be helpful to see what the equalisers should be. Now I give proofs for the (co)equalisers in two examples: the connected component of a simplicial set and the sheaf condition.

### The connected components [Background]

For definitions and other backgrounds, see Subsection 00G5. For the record, see [P12, DLOR07] for the cosimplicial identities and Tag 000G for simplicial identities. (These identities are used in my proofs.)

# Notes and Remarks on Unstable Motivic Homotopy Theory

I have made some notes and remarks about motivic homotopy theory while working on my master dissertation during the summer of 2019.

Affine representability results:

For remarks on section 2.3 and Lemma 2.3.2 of [2] (also quoted as Proposition 5.5 and Proposition 5.6 in [1]), we take the approach of stack and descent.  By relating hyperdescent condition for simplicial presheaves with descent for stacks [3], we show that how this implies classifying space of a stack satisfies hyperdescent.

After that, we give a different proof and some remarks of Lemma 2.3.2 based on my understanding, see Proposition 0.0.2 and Proposition 0.0.3 in Stack and descent.

Exercises on the construction of motivic homotopy theory:

I also have some informal notes about the exercises in [1]. The following are some of my proofs for the exercises, in the remarks, I also pointed out some typos I found which may be helpful for other readers: Exercises on A Primer.

[1] Antieau, B., & Elmanto, E. (2017). A primer for unstable motivic homotopy theory. Surveys on recent developments in algebraic geometry95, 305-370.

[2] Asok, A., Hoyois, M., & Wendt, M. (2018). Affine representability results in 𝔸1–homotopy theory, II: Principal bundles and homogeneous spaces. Geometry & Topology22(2), 1181-1225.

[3] Jardine, J. F. (2015). Local homotopy theory. Springer.