Let p be prime, K a field of characteristic 0. Let (x1, . . . , xn) ∈ Kn such that xi 6= 0 for all i and xi/xj is not a root of unity for all i 6= j. We prove that there exist integers 0 < e1 < e2 < · · · < en such that det (x ei j ) 6= 0. The proof uses p-adic arguments. As corollaries, we derive the linear independence of certain Witt vectors and study the result of applying the Witt functor ...

We establish that the derived Witt group is isomorphic to the usual Witt group when 2 is invertible. This key result opens the Ali Baba's cave of triangular Witt groups, linking the abstract results of Part I to classical questions for the usual Witt group. For commercial purposes, we survey the future applications of triangular Witt groups in the introduction. We also establish a connection be...

We prove that the automorphisms of the generalized Witt Lie algebras W(m , n) over arbitrary commutative rings of characteristic p > 3 all come from automorphisms of the algebras on which they are defined as derivations. By descent theory, this result then implies that if a Lie algebra over a field becomes isomorphic to W{m, n) over the algebraic closure, it is a derivation algebra of the type ...

2. The Carlitz-Witt suite 5 2.1. The classical ghost-Witt equivalence theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2. Classical Witt vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2.3. The Carlitz ghost-Witt equivalence theorem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.4. Carlitz-Witt vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2.5. F -modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Let A be a regular local ring containing 1/2, which is either equicharacteristic, or is smooth over a d.v.r. of mixed characteristic. We prove that the product maps on derived Grothendieck-Witt groups of A satisfy the following property: given two elements with supports which do not intersect properly, their product vanishes. This gives an analogue for “oriented intersection multiplicities” of ...