In algebraic geometry, a relative cycle is a type of algebraic cycle on a scheme.
which lies over the generic points of
, such that the cycle has a well-defined specialization to any fiber of the projection
(Voevodsky & Suslin 2000) The notion was introduced by Andrei Suslin and Vladimir Voevodsky in 2000; the authors were motivated to overcome some of the deficiencies of sheaves with transfers.
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