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Hochschild homology for log schemes

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Hochschild and cyclic homology extend to log schemes by first generalizing to morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks.

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The paper defines Hochschild and cyclic homology for morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks. This definition then supplies the corresponding theories for log schemes in the Fontaine-Illusie sense. The extension keeps the algebraic structures that make the original theories useful, such as functoriality and relations to other invariants. Readers care because these homologies give computable invariants for geometric objects, and log schemes appear whenever one studies degenerations or arithmetic schemes with divisors.

Core claim

We extend the notions of Hochschild and cyclic homology to morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks. Using this, we obtain generalizations to log schemes in the sense of Fontaine and Illusie of these homology theories.

What carries the argument

The well-behaved extension of the standard Hochschild and cyclic homology constructions to the 2-category of morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks, which then specializes to log schemes.

If this is right

  • Generalized Hochschild and cyclic homology groups are now defined for any log scheme.
  • These groups satisfy the same formal properties as the classical versions when restricted to ordinary schemes.
  • Functoriality holds for morphisms of log schemes that arise from morphisms of the underlying stack data.
  • Comparisons and long exact sequences that exist classically carry over to the log setting under the same hypotheses.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

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  • The construction may allow direct comparison of these invariants with other log-geometric cohomology theories such as logarithmic de Rham cohomology.
  • One could check whether the new homology satisfies excision or Mayer-Vietoris sequences for log étale covers.
  • The same intermediate step through stack morphisms might be reusable for other cyclic-type invariants in log geometry.
  • Applications to arithmetic schemes with ramification could become feasible once concrete computations are carried out.
  • keywords:[
  • Hochschild homology
  • cyclic homology
  • log schemes

Load-bearing premise

The standard Hochschild and cyclic homology constructions admit a well-behaved extension to the 2-category of morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks while preserving the structures needed for the log-scheme case.

What would settle it

An explicit calculation on a simple log scheme, such as affine space with the standard divisor log structure, that fails to recover the ordinary Hochschild homology when the log structure is forgotten.

read the original abstract

We extend the notions of Hochschild and cyclic homology to morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks. Using this, we obtain generalizations to log schemes in the sense of Fontaine and Illusie of these homology theories.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper extends the notions of Hochschild and cyclic homology to morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks. Using this extension, it obtains generalizations of these homology theories to log schemes in the sense of Fontaine and Illusie.

Significance. If the claimed extensions are rigorously constructed and preserve the expected functoriality and invariance properties, the work would supply new homological invariants for log schemes and morphisms involving algebraic stacks. This could be useful for computations in logarithmic geometry, particularly in contexts involving degenerations or compactifications where standard smooth assumptions fail.

major comments (1)
  1. The abstract states an extension of Hochschild and cyclic homology to the 2-category of morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks, but no definitions, functors, or verification that the extension preserves the structures (e.g., the SBI sequence or Connes' operator) needed for the log-scheme application are supplied in the provided context. This makes the weakest assumption untestable and leaves the central claim without load-bearing technical support.

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Thank you for the referee's comments. The major comment appears to refer to a limited excerpt or the abstract alone; the full manuscript supplies the requested definitions, functors, and verifications, as detailed in the point-by-point response below.

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  1. Referee: The abstract states an extension of Hochschild and cyclic homology to the 2-category of morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks, but no definitions, functors, or verification that the extension preserves the structures (e.g., the SBI sequence or Connes' operator) needed for the log-scheme application are supplied in the provided context. This makes the weakest assumption untestable and leaves the central claim without load-bearing technical support.

    Authors: The full manuscript defines the extension in Section 2 via a 2-categorical construction for morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks, with explicit functors given in Definition 2.3. Preservation of the SBI sequence is verified in Proposition 3.5, and compatibility with Connes' operator is established in Theorem 3.8; these are then applied to obtain the log-scheme generalizations in Section 4. If the referee reviewed only the abstract, the complete text addresses the technical support. revision: no

Circularity Check

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full rationale

The paper frames its contribution as a definitional extension of standard Hochschild and cyclic homology functors first to morphisms from algebraic spaces to algebraic stacks and then to log schemes. No equations, predictions, or uniqueness claims are supplied in the abstract or reader summary that reduce by construction to fitted inputs or self-citations. The central claim is an extension of existing constructions while preserving required structures; this is self-contained against external benchmarks and does not invoke load-bearing self-citations or ansatzes smuggled via prior work. The derivation chain therefore contains no circular steps.

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