$q$-de Rham cohomology and topological Hochschild homology over ku
Ferdinand Wagner
TL;DR
This work develops a $q$-deformation of the Hodge filtration in derived de Rham theory by relating $q$-de Rham cohomology to the even filtration on $TC^-(ku\otimes S_R/ku)$, under the hypothesis that $R$ admits a spherical $\mathbb{E}_2$-lift. It constructs a solid, descent-friendly framework (solid even filtration) to compute these filtrations via even resolutions and trace-class/nuclear theory, and proves $p$-complete and global (adelic) comparisons that identify the $0$-th graded piece with $q$-de Rham cohomology. It then describes Habiro descent through genuine cyclotomic/homotopical structures, expressing the Habiro–Hodge complex as a cyclonic limit of $TC^{-(m)}$-type invariants of $KU_R$ over $KU_A$, and yields a homotopical construction of Habiro rings for number fields. The results unify $q$-de Rham theory with cyclotomic/topological Hochschild homology in a coherent global framework and provide explicit filtrations and base-change formulas essential for arithmetic applications.
Abstract
Hodge-filtered derived de Rham cohomology of a ring $R$ can be described (up to completion and shift) as the graded pieces of the even filtration on $\mathrm{HC}^-(R)$. In this paper we show a deformation of this result: If $R$ admits a spherical $\mathbb{E}_2$-lift, then the graded pieces of the even filtration on $\mathrm{TC}^-(\mathrm{ku}\otimes\mathbb{S}_R/\mathrm{ku})$ form a certain filtration on the $q$-de Rham cohomology of $R$, which $q$-deforms the Hodge filtration. We also explain how the associated Habiro-Hodge complex can be described in terms of the genuine equivariant structure on $\mathrm{THH}(\mathrm{KU}\otimes\mathbb{S}_R/\mathrm{KU})$. As a special case, we'll obtain homotopy-theoretic construction of the Habiro ring of a number field of Garoufalidis-Scholze-Wheeler-Zagier.
