Towards $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy theory of rigid analytic spaces
Christian Dahlhausen, Can Yaylali
TL;DR
The paper develops an $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy framework for rigid analytic spaces, constructing unstable and stable motivic categories with coefficients and establishing functorial and gluing properties that parallel the algebraic setting. It then proves a six-functor formalism for the stable theory after inverting Thom motives and, under a dagger-type assumption, shows representability results for analytic K-theory, including a Bass delooping and a $\mathbb{P}^1$-spectrum $K^{an}$ representing analytic K-theory. The analytification functor maps algebraic K-theory to analytic K-theory, and the theory identifies the connective part of analytic K-theory with $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathrm{BGL}$ in the unstable category, yielding a concrete representability picture. Finally, the authors develop continuous homotopy K-theory, prove it is the $\mathbb{A}^1$-localisation of continuous K-theory, and connect these constructions to pro- and condensed-spectra frameworks, offering a rich bridge between rigid analytic geometry and motivic homotopy theory.
Abstract
To any rigid analytic space (in the sense of Fujiwara-Kato) we assign an $\mathbb{A}^1$-invariant rigid analytic homotopy category with coefficients in any presentable category. We show some functorial properties of this assignment as a functor on the category of rigid analytic spaces. Moreover, we show that there exists a full six functor formalism for the precomposition with the analytification functor by evoking Ayoub's thesis. As an application, we identify connective analytic K-theory in the unstable homotopy category with both $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathrm{BGL}$ and the analytification of connective algebraic K-theory. As a consequence, we get a representability statement for coefficients in light condensed spectra.
