On the algebraizability of formal deformations in $K$-cohomology

Abstract

We show that algebraizability of the functors $R^1\pi_*\mathcal{K}^M_{2,X}$ and $R^2\pi_*\mathcal{K}^M_{2,X}$ is a stable birational invariant for smooth and proper varieties $\pi:X\rightarrow k$ defined over an algebraic extension $k$ of $\mathbb{Q}$. The same is true for the \'etale sheafifications of these functors as well. To get these results we introduce a notion of relative $K$-homology for schemes of finite type over a finite dimensional, Noetherian, excellent base scheme over a field. We include this material in an appendix.