Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 July 2014
We show how a theorem of Gabber on alterations can be used to apply the work of Cisinski, Suslin, Voevodsky, and Weibel to prove that $K_n(X) \otimes \mathbb{Z}[{1}/{p}]= 0$ for
$n < {-}\! \dim X$ where
$X$ is a quasi-excellent noetherian scheme,
$p$ is a prime that is nilpotent on
$X$, and
$K_n$ is the
$K$-theory of Bass–Thomason–Trobaugh. This gives a partial answer to a question of Weibel.