Pro-representability of $K^M$-cohomology in weight 3 generalizing a result of Bloch

Abstract

We generalize a result, on the pro-representability of Milnor $K$-cohomology groups at the identity, that's due to Bloch. In particular, we prove, for $X$ a smooth, proper, and geometrically connected variety defined over an algebraic field extension $k/\mathbb{Q}$, that the functor \[\mathscr{T}_{X}^{i,3}(A)=\ker\left(H^i(X_A,\mathcal{K}_{3,X_A}^M)\rightarrow H^i(X,\mathcal{K}_{3,X}^M)\right),\] defined on Artin local $k$-algebras $(A,{\mathfrak{m}}_A)$ with $A/{\mathfrak{m}}_A\cong k$, is pro-representable provided that certain Hodge numbers of $X$ vanish.

13 pages; To appear in Annals of K-theory