Oriented bivariant theory, II: Algebraic cobordism of S-schemes

Abstract

This is a sequel to our previous paper “Oriented bivariant theory, I”. In 2001, Levine and Morel constructed algebraic cobordism for (reduced) schemes [Formula: see text] of finite type over a base field [Formula: see text] in an abstract way and later Levine and Pandharipande reconstructed it more geometrically, using “double point degeneration”. In this paper in a similar manner to the construction of Levine–Morel, we construct an algebraic cobordism for a scheme [Formula: see text] over a fixed scheme [Formula: see text] in such a way that if the target scheme [Formula: see text] is the point [Formula: see text], then our algebraic cobordism is isomorphic to Levine–Morel’s algebraic cobordism. Our algebraic cobordism can be interpreted as “a family of algebraic cobordism” parametrized by the base scheme [Formula: see text].