Relative $\mathbb{A}^1$-homology and its applications

Abstract

In this paper, we prove an $\mathbb{A}^1$-homology version of the Whitehead theorem with dimension bound. We also prove an excision theorem for $\mathbb{A}^1$-homology, Suslin homology and $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy sheaves. In order to prove these results, we develop a general theory of relative $\mathbb{A}^1$-homology and $\mathbb{A}^1$-homotopy sheaves. As an application, we compute the relative $\mathbb{A}^1$-homology of a hyperplane embedding $\mathbb{P}^{n-1} \hookrightarrow \mathbb{P}^{n}$.