Facets of the Witt Vectors
Abstract
We give a K-theoretic account of the basic properties of Witt vectors. Along the way we re-prove basic properties of the little-known Witt vector norm, give a characterization of Witt vectors in terms of algebraic K-theory, and a presentation of the Witt vectors that is useful for computation.
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