Voevodsky's motives and zeroth slice of motivic sphere

Let $S$ be a noetherian scheme of finite Krull dimension and let $R$ be a commutative ring in which every positive residue characteristic of $S$ is invertible. We prove that Voevodsky's stable Nisnevich category of motives with $R$-coefficients is canonically equivalent to modules over the zeroth slice of the motivic sphere with derived $R$-coefficients. The comparison identifies the corresponding commutative coefficient algebras and is compatible with arbitrary pullback. The theorem applies to singular and nonreduced schemes, including mixed-characteristic bases, and requires no excellence or finite-type hypothesis. Its special cases include rational coefficients over arbitrary bases, arbitrary coefficients over $\mathbb Q$-schemes, and $\mathbb Z[1/p]$-algebra coefficients over $\mathbb Z_{(p)}$-schemes. The proof establishes base change for finite-cycle spectra using permutation quotients, families of cycles, and arithmetic power homotopies, then passes to general bases by universal homeomorphism invariance and continuity.

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arXiv (Cornell University)
Published
2026-10-26
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https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.34898
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Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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Voevodsky's motives and zeroth slice of motivic sphere

Bo Zhang
arXiv (Cornell University)
Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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Voevodsky's motives and zeroth slice of motivic sphere

Bo Zhang
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Abstract

Let $S$ be a noetherian scheme of finite Krull dimension and let $R$ be a commutative ring in which every positive residue characteristic of $S$ is invertible. We prove that Voevodsky's stable Nisnevich category of motives with $R$-coefficients is canonically equivalent to modules over the zeroth slice of the motivic sphere with derived $R$-coefficients. The comparison identifies the corresponding commutative coefficient algebras and is compatible with arbitrary pullback. The theorem applies to singular and nonreduced schemes, including mixed-characteristic bases, and requires no excellence or finite-type hypothesis. Its special cases include rational coefficients over arbitrary bases, arbitrary coefficients over $\mathbb Q$-schemes, and $\mathbb Z[1/p]$-algebra coefficients over $\mathbb Z_{(p)}$-schemes. The proof establishes base change for finite-cycle spectra using permutation quotients, families of cycles, and arithmetic power homotopies, then passes to general bases by universal homeomorphism invariance and continuity.

arXiv (Cornell University)
Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology
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