Arithmetic Cycles with Modulus
Souvik Goswami, Rahul Gupta
TL;DR
The paper introduces arithmetic Chow groups with modulus, $\widehat{\mathrm{CH}}^p(X|D)$, by attaching analytic data that vanishes appropriately along a simple normal crossing divisor $D$ to cycles with modulus. It develops the analytic apparatus (differential forms, currents, Green currents with modulus), the modulus Chow groups $\mathrm{CH}^p(X|D)$, and the arithmetic enhancements, establishing functoriality, exact sequences, and a module/action framework tying $\widehat{\mathrm{CH}}^*(X)$ to $\widehat{\mathrm{CH}}^*(X|D)$. A central result is the isomorphism between the relative hermitian Picard group $\widehat{\mathrm{Pic}}(X,D)$ and $\widehat{\mathrm{CH}}^1(X|D)$, mirroring the classical Picard/chow correspondence in the modulus setting. The framework paves the way toward an arithmetic motivic theory with modulus by integrating Green currents that respect modulus vanishing conditions and establishing a robust product-action structure with modulus constraints. Overall, this work extends arithmetic intersection theory to incorporate zariski and analytic moduli, enabling refined arithmetic intersections on quasi-projective varieties with boundary data."
Abstract
We add analytic components to algebraic cycles with modulus and define an arithmetic Chow group with modulus that resembles the classical arithmetic Chow groups by Gillet and Soulé. The analytic component is dictated by imposing a vanishing condition on the cohomology class of a cycle with modulus. We prove several natural properties of this group as a consequence.
