Codimension 2
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beautiful connection between algebraic K-Theory, algebraic cycles and polylogarithms. The first work was restricted to the | beautiful connection between algebraic K-Theory, algebraic cycles and polylogarithms. The first work was restricted to the | ||
case of codimension 2 cycles, K_2, and the dilogarithm (this next polylogarithm after the usual logarithm) and quite explicit. | case of codimension 2 cycles, K_2, and the dilogarithm (this next polylogarithm after the usual logarithm) and quite explicit. | ||
− | This story | + | This story for the next 35 years until now triggered an enormous amount of research and was one of the motivations for many modern developments and conjectures, as for example |
the theory of higher algebraic K-Theory (Quillen), mixed motives (Voevodsky - the ideas going back to Grothendieck), motivic cohomology, Bloch-Kato conjecture, ... | the theory of higher algebraic K-Theory (Quillen), mixed motives (Voevodsky - the ideas going back to Grothendieck), motivic cohomology, Bloch-Kato conjecture, ... | ||