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Are the $K(n)$-local $E_n$-Adams spectral sequences isomorphic to the Adams-Novikov spectral sequences?
Let $H$ be a closed subgroup of the Morava stabilizer group $\mathbb G_n$. [Devinatz-Hopkins, Prop. 6.7] identifies the $K(n)$-local $E_n$-Adams spectral sequence for $E_n^{hH}$ as the homotopy fixed ...
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Has anyone seen a nice map of multiplicative cohomology theories?
I have seen lots of descriptions of this map in the literature but never seen it nicely drawn anywhere.
I could try to do it myself but I really lack expertise, hence am afraid to miss something or ...
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On the nilpotence of the attaching maps for $\mathbb C \mathbb P^\infty$
Consider the usual cell structure on $\mathbb C \mathbb P^\infty$. The skeleta are the $\mathbb C \mathbb P^n$’s, and there is one cell in each even degree. So we have cofiber sequences $S^{2n+1} \to \...
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Are complex-oriented ring spectra determined by their formal group law?
To every complex-oriented ring spectrum $E$ there is associated a formal group law, which is a power series $F_E(x,y)\in E_*[[x,y]]$.
Suppose $E$ and $F$ are two complex-oriented ring spectra and ...
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Does there exist a Bousfield localization of the category of spectra which makes the sphere unbounded below?
Let $Sp$ be the category of spectra. Let $L : Sp \to Sp_L$ be the localization functor onto a reflective subcategory.
Question 1: Is it ever the case that $L(S^0)$ is not bounded below?
Question 2: ...
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What is the center of Morava $K$-theory?
Let $E$ be an $E_1$ ring spectrum. Then I believe the center of $E$ is an $E_2$ ring spectrum over which $E$ is an $E_1$ algebra, given by the endomorphisms of $E$ as a bimodule over itself.
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Does a complex-oriented $E_1$ ring spectrum (not assumed to have graded-commutative homotopy groups) receive a map from $MU$?
It's well-known that complex cobordism $MU^\ast$ is universal among complex-oriented associative, graded-commutative cohomology theories $E$. This means that if $E$ is a multiplicative cohomology ...
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Homotopy groups of $K(n)$-local $E_n$-modules are $L$-complete
Let $E_n$ be the $n$-th Morava $E$-theory and let $K(n)$ denote the $n$-th Morava $K$-theory.
Question: If $M$ is a $K(n)$-local $E_n$-module, then are the homotopy groups $\pi_*(M)$ $L$-complete? (...
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Is every finite spectrum $X$ $K(h)$-locally equivalent to a finite spectrum $Y$ with $\dim (K(h)_\ast Y) = \dim ((H\mathbb F_p)_\ast Y)$?
Let $X$ be a finite spectrum and $K = K(h)$ be the $h$th Morava $K$-theory at the prime $p$. Then $\dim_{K_\ast} K_\ast X$ is increasing in $h$, and eventually constant at $\dim H_\ast(X,\mathbb F_p)$....
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Chromatic representation theory of the symmetric groups?
We know that in characteristic 0, the group ring of the symmetric group $\Sigma_n$ splits via one idempotent for each partition of $n$.
In characteristic $p$, I believe the analogous statement is that ...
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References and resources for (learning) chromatic homotopy theory and related areas
What references and resources (e.g. video recorded lectures) are available for learning chromatic homotopy theory and related areas (such as formal geometry)?
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Is there anything special about the Honda formal group?
The "standard" Morava E-theory $E_n$ (at a prime $p$) is typically defined using the so-called "Honda formal group law", the unique FGL $\Gamma_n$ over $\mathbb{F}_{p^n}$ ...
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Does every complex orientable $E_\infty$-ring admit an $E_\infty$ complex orientation?
A ring spectrum $E$ is complex oriented if it is equipped with a ring map $MU\rightarrow E$. It is complex orientable if such a ring map exists.
An $E_\infty$-ring $E$ is $E_\infty$-complex oriented ...
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Can the Picard-graded homotopy of a nonzero object be nilpotent?
Let $\mathcal C$ be a symmetric monoidal stable category such that the thick subcategory generated by the unit is all of $\mathcal C$ -- in particular, every object is dualizable (I'm particularly ...
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If $\pi_\ast A$ is graded-commutative, then is $A_\ast$ a lax monoidal functor?
Let $A$ be a homotopy ring spectrum. Then the homology theory $A_\ast : Spectra \to GrAb$ lifts to a homology theory valued in $GrMod(\pi_\ast A)$. If $A$ is homotopy commutative, then this functor $...
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Why the sphere spectrum is more correct than $\mathbb{Z}$?
One may argue that $\mathbb{S}$ is more correct than $\mathbb{Z}$. Can anyone make it more explicitly? For example, what information will be lost if we work in $\mathbb{Z}$ instead of $\mathbb{S}$?
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Does the Lie algebra structure on rational homotopy groups reflect similar information to the formal group structure in characteristic p?
It's well known (c.f. Quillen and Sullivan) that the rational homotopy theory of spaces is equivalent to the homotopy theory of rational DG-algebras; in particular, rational spaces and rational ...
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On the sparsity of the descent spectral sequence computing homotopy groups of the K(n)-local sphere
There is a descent spectral sequence computing $\pi_*L_{K(n)}S^0$ with $E_2$-term
$$E_2^{s,t}\cong H^s_c(\mathbb{G}_n,(E_n)_t)$$
It is mentioned in Barthel-Beaudry (in the description of Figure 3.30) ...
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What is the Balmer spectrum of the p-complete stable homotopy category?
When doing computations with spectra, we first reduce to working at a prime p by using the arithmetic fracture theorem: (the homotopy groups of) a spectrum of finite type can be recovered from its ...
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Solving polynomial equations in $K(h)$-local or $T(h)$-local spectra?
This is the same question as an earlier question of mine, except in a different category.
Let $Spt_{T(h)}^{fin}$ be the category of finite $T(h)$-local spectra. Let $K_0^\oplus(Spt_{T(h)}^{fin})$ be ...
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Is $\operatorname{dim}_{K(h)_\ast} K(h)_\ast X$ increasing in $h$?
Let $X$ be a finite $p$-local spectrum. For each $h \in \mathbb{N} \cup \{\infty\}$, let $K(h)$ be Morava $K$-theory of height $h$. Recall that the coefficients $K(h)_\ast$ are a graded field, and $K(...
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Is there any use for n-dimensional formal group laws in chromatic homotopy?
Chromatic homotopy tends to mainly focus on $1$-dimensional (commutative) FGLs. From a geometric perspective, this is because line bundles form a group and n-plane bundles don't, so the first Chern ...
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Can the Bousfield class of projective space be computed directly?
Recall that the Bousfield class of a spectrum $E$, written $\langle E\rangle$, is the class of spectra $X$ such that $X\wedge E$ is not contractible. For example the Bousfield class of any of the ...
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Are Landweber exact spectra determined by their coefficient ring?
Let $E$ be a Landweber exact ring spectrum. That is, we have a map of homotopy ring spectra $MU\rightarrow E$ and an isomorphism of homology theories $E_*X\simeq MU_*X\otimes_{MU_*}E_*$. Is the ...
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$E$-(co)homology of $BU(n)$ (Reference request)
I am currently reading Lurie's notes on Chromatic Homotopy Theory (252x) and in Lecture 4 (https://www.math.ias.edu/~lurie/252xnotes/Lecture4.pdf), he skims through the calculation of $E^{\ast}(BU(n))$...
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For which $n$ does there exist a closed manifold of (chromatic) type $n$?
Let $p$ be a prime and $n \in \mathbb N$. Does there exist a closed manifold which is of type $n$ after $p$-localization?
When $n= 0$ the answer is yes. When $p = 2$ and $n = 1$ we can take $\mathbb R ...
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Can a finite, type $n+k$ spectrum be a (non-iterated) colimit of finite, type $n$ spectra for $k \geq 2$?
By the thick subcategory theorem, if $X, Y$ are finite $p$-local spectra of type $m,n$ respectively, then $Y$ can be built from $Y$ in a finite number of "steps" iff $n \geq m$. Here, a &...
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Does $K(n)$ detect minimal $K(n)$-local cell structures?
Let $X$ be a finite spectrum, and let $N = dim_{\mathbb F_p} H_\ast(X;\mathbb F_p)$. I believe that $p$-completion $X^\wedge_p$ may be built as an $N$-cell complex where the cells are shifts of the $p$...
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Latest results in chromatic homotopy theory
I started a PhD in chromatic homotopy three years ago, but I had to quit it due to personal reasons after one year. Last week I was looking at all my notes from that period and I was wondering where ...
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Is every complex oriented ring spectrum with additive FGL an Eilenberg-Maclane spectrum?
Suppose $E$ is a complex-oriented ring spectrum whose formal group law is isomorphic to the additive one. As the title suggests, we might as well change the complex orientation so that the formal ...
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Chromatic orientability of manifolds
If a compact manifold $M$ with empty boundary is oriented with respect to all the connective Morava $K$-theories $k(n)_*$, localized at a prime $p$, can one conclude that $M$ is orientable with ...
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Homotopy groups of $K(n)$-localization of the Brown-Peterson spectrum
We fix $p$ prime and $n$ a natural number. We let $K(n)$ be the $2(p^{n}-1)$-periodic Morava $K$-theory, i.e. $K(n)_*=\mathbb{F}_p[v_n^{\pm 1}]$ with $|v_n|=2(p^n-1)$. I distinctly recall that we ...
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Chromatic blueshift and Tate cohomology
Let $R$ be an $L_n$-local ring spectrum. Then one knows that the Tate construction $R^{tC_p}$ (with respect to the trivial $C_p$-action on $R$) is $L_{n-1}$-local; this "blueshift" result is ...
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Chromatic t-structures?
Questions: Fix a prime $p$ and $n \in \mathbb N_{\geq 1}$.
Does the category $Sp_{K(n)}$ of $K(n)$-local spectra admit a nontrivial $t$-structure?
By "nontrivial", I simply mean that $\{0\}...
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chromatic minimal cell structures
If $X$ is a finite $p$-local spectrum, then the minimal number of cells needed to construct $X$ is exactly $\dim_{\mathbb F_p} H_\ast(X,\mathbb F_p)$. Is there an analogous result in the $K(n)$-local ...
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Are the AHSS and Adams spectral sequence the same when computing connective Morava K-theory of a space?
Let $k(n)$ be the $n$th connective Morava K-theory, with $k(n)_* = \mathbb F_p[v]$ where $|v| = 2p^n-2$. If $X$ is a space or a spectrum (assumed bounded below), one can compute $k(n)_*(X)$ using ...
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Descent for $K(1)$-local spectra
For odd primes, we have an equalizer diagram for the $K(1)$- local sphere given by
$$L_{K(1)}S \rightarrow K{{ \xrightarrow{\Psi^g}}\atop{\xrightarrow[i_K ] {}}} K$$
where $g$ is a topological ...
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On the relation between categorification and chromatic redshift
In the introduction to the paper Higher traces, noncommutative motives, and the categorified Chern character, Hoyois, Scherotzke and Sibilla write the following.
An important insight emerging from ...
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Chromatic Homotopy Theory and Physics
Chromatic homotopy theory is a subfield of stable homotopy theory that studies complex-oriented cohomology theories from the "chromatic" point of view, which is based on Quillen's work relating ...
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Formal group law for oriented bordism
From this answer I learned that the coefficient ring $MSO^{*}[1/2]$ of oriented bordism with 2 inverted supports an odd formal group law and is infact the universal such ring. Is there a reference/...
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Is there an $\infty$-topos of monochromatic spaces?
Fix (a prime $p$ and) a chromatic height $h$. Recall that the Bousfield-Kuhn functor $\Phi_h: \mathcal M_h^f \to Sp_{T(h)}$ is monadic, where $\mathcal M_h^f \subseteq Top_\ast$ is a certain ...
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Does virtual Morava K-theory have an Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence?
In a recent question, Tim Campion was interested in analyzing the Morava $K$–theory of a space $X$ by dissecting the space into connective and coconnective parts: $$X(m, \infty) \to X \to X[0, m].$$ ...
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Milnor Conjecture on Lie groups for Morava K-theory
A conjecture by Milnor state that if $G$ is a Lie group, then the map $B(G^{disc})\to BG$ sending the classifying space of $G$ endowed with the discrete topology to the classifying space of the ...
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Crafting Suspension Spectra
There is a theorem by Hopkins and Smith which states that for every $n > 0$ there is an ideal $I_n = (v_0^{k_0}, \dots, v_n^{k_n})$ such that there exist a spectrum $X_n$ with the following ...
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Homology of a limit of spectra + Cofiber
I have a countable sequence of finite suspension spectra $X_i$, whose $BP$-homology is a $BP_*(BP)$-comodule. Let's assume $BP_*(X_i) = \Sigma^{d_i} BP_* / (v_0^{k_0}, \dots v_i^{k_i}),$ for some $d_n$...
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Map between homology of spectra
Let $X$ be a suspension spectra whose $BP$-homology is infinitely generated
($BP_*(X) = \Sigma^d BP_*/I$, where $I$ has the form $I=(v_0^{i_0}, \dots , v_n^{i_n})$ such that the homology is a $BP_*(BP)...
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Studying the limit of a sequence of spectra knowing their BP-Homology
QUESTION EDITED: There was a mistake, the spectrum i had written before didn't even exist, so a big thanks to the people who made me notice that in the comments.
Let $X_n$ be the spectrum such that $...
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How to show that a spectrum X is not Chromatically Complete
There are some criteria which tell us when a spectrum $X$ is chromatically complete (it's the homotopy limit of its chromatic tower):
It has to be p-local and finite, according to the chromatic ...
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Chromatic Completion of Suspension Spectra and affine results
There is the Chromatic Convergence Theorem by Hopkins and Ravanel which states that the homotopy inverse limit of the chromatic tower of a finite spectra $X$ is $X$.
Let's call any spectra with this ...
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$E_\infty\mathrm{Spaces}(\mathbf{Z}/p\mathbf{Z},GL_1(E_n))$ and Eilenberg-Maclane spaces
$\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbf{Z}}$Let $p$ be a prime. In his answer here, Jacob Lurie conjectured that $E_\infty\mathrm{Spaces}(\mathbf{Z}/p\mathbf{Z},GL_1(E_n))\simeq K(\Z/p\Z,n)$ where $E_n$ denotes the ...