On the algebraic $K$-theory of smooth schemes over truncated Witt vectors (2507.12458v1)

Abstract: Using Brun's theorem relating the relative algebraic $K$-theory and the relative cyclic homology, we compute certain relative algebraic $K$-groups of a $p$-adic smooth scheme over $W_n(k)$, where $k$ is a perfect field of characteristic $p$. Inspired by this result and the work of Bloch, Esnault, and Kerz, we define the infinitesimal motivic complexes, and then show a relative Chern character isomorphism with integral coefficients in a range. This has a direct consequence on infinitesimal deformations in algebraic $K$-theory, which is related to the $p$-adic variational Hodge conjecture.