Beilinson extension conjecture for vanishing étale cycle classes

Let XX be the generic fibre of a regular projective model π:XB\pi:\mathcal{X}\rightarrow B, and let CHhomp(X)QCH^{p}_{\operatorname{hom}}(X)_{\mathbb{Q}} denote the homologically trivial codimension-pp cycles on XX with rational coefficients. For an extension zBpz^{p}_{B} of αpCHhomp(X)Q\alpha^{p}\in CH^{p}_{\operatorname{hom}}(X)_{\mathbb{Q}}, write cl(zBp)\operatorname{cl}(z^{p}_{B}) for its étale cycle class.

Beilinson extension conjecture. For every αpCHhomp(X)Q\alpha^{p}\in CH^{p}_{\operatorname{hom}}(X)_{\mathbb{Q}}, there exists an extension zBpz^{p}_{B} on X\mathcal{X} such that the image of its cycle class in

Heˊt0(B,R2pπQ(p))H^{0}_{\operatorname{\acute{e}t}}\left(B,\operatorname{\mathbf{R}}^{2p}\pi_{*}\mathbb{Q}_{\ell}(p)\right)

is zero.

The theorem immediately preceding this statement shows that such a vanishing forces the associated boundary class to vanish and hence removes the spare term in the comparison of height pairings. The conjecture asserts that an extension with this property can always be chosen.

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Primary source

Thomas Wisson, “Properties of the Beilinson Height Pairing”, arXiv:2508.08041 (2025).

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