Vorst's conjecture on K-regularity and regularity

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Let RR be a commutative ring of dimension dd, essentially of finite type over a field kk. The property Kd+1K_{d+1}-regularity means that the natural map

Kd+1(R)→Kd+1(R[x1,…,xr])K_{d+1}(R)\to K_{d+1}(R[x_1,\ldots,x_r])

is an isomorphism for every r≥0r\geq 0.

Vorst's conjecture. If RR is Kd+1K_{d+1}-regular, then RR is regular.

Quillen proved that regular noetherian rings are KnK_n-regular for all integers nn, and Vorst's conjecture predicts a converse in the stated finite-type setting. It was proven in dimensions at most one; the general case is not resolved in the supplied source.

References

Primary source

Shubhodip Mondal and Alapan Mukhopadhyay, “Ind-étale vs Formally étale”, arXiv:2209.09392 (2022).

Additional references

3 papers in this index state this conjecture (2013–2022). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1812.05342, arXiv:1312.1639.

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