Questions tagged [ring-spectra]
For questions about ring spectra (in homotopy theory).
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What is the group completion of the underlying multiplicative $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-monoid of the sphere spectrum?
I recently noticed the following categorical/universal way to describe the passage from $\mathbb{Z}$ to $\mathbb{Q}$:
We start with the categroy $\mathsf{Sets}^{\mathrm{actv}}_*$ of pointed sets and —...
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Formal power series over the sphere spectrum?
In Section 11 of their paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.03261, Bhatt-Morrow-Scholze discuss the polynomial algebra over the sphere spectrum. I'm wondering whether its possible to define a notion of ...
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Homotopical interpretation of Langlands correspondence
Recently I began learning about homotopy theory, I am very far from being familiar with all the basic notions and constructions, however I heard of the notion of topological modular forms. I also ...
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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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Descent vs effective descent for morphisms of ring spectra
Define a homomorphism $\varphi : A \to B$ of commutative discrete rings or commutative ring spectra to be a (effective) descent morphism if the comparison functor from $\mathsf{Mod}_A$ to the category ...
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Quasicompact quasiaffine classical schemes are nonconnectively-affine
In this answer to What is the relationship between connective and nonconnective derived algebraic geometry? I learned that any quasicompact open subscheme of an affine scheme is affine in the sense of ...
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Morita equivalence and connectivity
Let $A, B$ be Morita equivalent $\mathbb{E}_1$-ring spectra. Fix an an $(A, B)$-bimodule $P$ and a $(B, A)$-bimodule $Q$ such that $P \otimes_B Q \cong A$ and $Q \otimes_A P \cong B$. If $A$ is ...
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Does the forgetful functor $F:\mathrm{CAlg}\to\mathrm{Alg}^{(1)}$ sending $E_\infty$-ring spectra to $E_1$-ring spectra preserve limits and colimits?
In remark 7.1.0.4. of Lurie's Higher Algebra, the sequence $(E_n^{\otimes})_{0\leq n\leq\infty}$ of $\infty$-operads induces forgetful functors for the sequence of categories $(\operatorname{Alg}^{(n)}...
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A question on $BP$ and $E_\infty$ models for ring spectrums
I am a beginner in this field. My question is
(1) Is the existence of $E_\infty$ ring structure not closed under weak equivalence of ring spectra?
(2) If (1) is true, what is the risk of replacing a ...
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Homotopy colimit commutes with homotopy groups
I'm interested in something built upon the construction laid out in nlab article on Snaith's theorem
Let $(E, \mu, \iota)$ be a ring spectrum.
For $\beta \in \pi_n(E)$ an element of the $n$th stable ...
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Schwede-Shipley theorem for monoidal categories?
The Schwede-Shipley theorem gives a criterion for a presentable stable $\infty$-category to be the category of modules over an $\mathcal{E}_1$-algebra. Is there any similar criterion for a monoidal ...
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[M,N]≅ [M,R] ⊗ N for E-infinity modules
Let $\texttt{R}$ be an $\texttt{E}$-infinity ring and let $\texttt{M,N}$ be $\texttt{E}$-infinity modules. Under what conditions do we have
$$ \texttt{[M, N] ≅ [M,R] ⊗ N}$$
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Fibre sequence of module spectra induces a fibre sequence of $K$-theory spectra?
Let $A$ be an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring spectrum, and let $R_1$, $R_2$ and $R_3$ be $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-$A$-algebras.
We assume there is a homotopy fibre sequence
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R_1\to R_2 \to R_3
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Valuations and (semi)norms on ring spectra
Valuations and seminorms on rings play a big role in number theory and analytic geometry, with seminorms being heavily used in Berkovich geometry and valuations featuring heavily in adic geometry.
Let'...
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Why did Ravenel define a ring spectrum to be flat if its smash-square splits into copies of itself?
In appendix A.2 of the orange book, Ravenel defines a ring spectrum $E$ to be flat if $E\wedge E$ is equivalent to a coproduct of suspensions of $E$. (Call this definition (1).) I've seen this ...
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Stable homotopy group of K(1)-local spectra
Fix a prime $p$. We let $C$ be the completion of the algebraic closure of $\mathbb{Q}_p$, and let $\mathcal{O}_C$ be its ring of integers. For a $p$-complete $K(\mathcal{O}_C;\mathbb{Z}_p)$-module $M$,...
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Dependence of completion on the base ring
Let $M$ be a module over an $E_\infty$ ring, $A$. Let $I$ be an $A$-non unital commutative algebra together with an associative map $I \wedge_A M \to M$.
Define ${_A}(M/I^n)$ as the cofiber of $I^{\...
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Examples of comonoids (coalgebras) in the stable homotopy category $\mathbf{SH}$
My question is both for the topological and for the algebraic/motivic version of the stable homotopy category $\mathbf{SH}$.
It is well known that most cohomologies are represented in $\mathbf{SH}$ by ...
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Is there a model structure for S-modules such that cofibrant operad-algebras forget to cofibrant S-modules?
In 1997, Elmendorf, Kriz, Mandell, and May wrote a book Rings, Modules, and Algebras in Stable Homotopy Theory in which they introduced the category of $S$-modules as a model for the stable homotopy ...
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Monoidal colimit-preserving functor from spaces to $A$-modules
I am reading Lurie's Elliptic Cohomology II and it claims (Section 4.1.3) that for an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring $A$ "there is an essentially unique symmetric monoidal functor $\mathcal{S} \to \...
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What can I say about an $E_\infty$ ring spectrum with an odd invertible element?
I have an $E_\infty$ ring spectrum $R$. I suspect it is trivial, but I'm not sure. What I do know is that there is an $R$-linear equivalence $R \simeq \Sigma R$. Unless I am very confused, this ...
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Does the spectrum of Morava E-theory depend only on height?
I almost expect the answer to this question to be no, but I can't find it explicitly said anywhere.
Given a formal group law $f$ of height $n$ over a perfect field $k$ of characteristic $p$, we can ...
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Two Hattori-Stallings trace questions
$\DeclareMathOperator\THH{THH}\DeclareMathOperator\Perf{Perf}\DeclareMathOperator\map{map}\DeclareMathOperator\tr{tr}\DeclareMathOperator\HH{HH}\DeclareMathOperator\fib{fib}\DeclareMathOperator\id{id}\...
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Uniqueness of complex topological $K$-theory as an $S$-algebra
This might be well-known or trivial, but I could not figure out how to fill in the details: For an $S$-algebra $K$ denote its associated multiplicative cohomology theory by $h^*_K$. Suppose that I ...
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Ring spectra structures on a certain spectral analogue of $\mathbb{Z}/2$
We can characterise $\mathbb{Z}$ and $\mathbb{Z}/2$ as the corepresenting abelian groups of the functors
\begin{align*}
\mathsf{Forget} &\colon \mathsf{Ab} \to \mathsf{Sets},\\
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Variations on Thomason's equivalence between connective spectra and symmetric monoidal categories
There's a number of results relating monoidal categories to connective spectra (which are themselves equivalent to $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-spaces):
Symmetric monoidal categories model all connective ...
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Can one define fields in stable homotopy theory via invertibility?
In Nilpotence in Stable Homotopy Theory II, Hopkins–Smith define a field spectrum to be a ring spectrum $E$ such that $E_*X$ is a free $E_*$-module for all spectra $X$. They then show that any field ...
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Intuition behind formal neighborhood and local ring and formal power series
In The Geometry of Schemes by David Eisenbud and Joe Harris, on page 57, there is an explanation on "node" of a plane curve. The book says that, a curve $X\subseteq \mathbb A_{\mathbb C}^2$ ...
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Is the $\infty$-category of spectra “convenient”?
A 1991 paper of Lewis, titled “Is there a convenient category of spectra?” proves that there is no category $\mathrm{Sp}$ satisfying the following desiderata$^1$:
There is a symmetric monoidal smash ...
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Is there essentially unique notion of module over monoidal stable $\infty$-categories?
There is this (folklore?) fact: for a commutative ring $R$, the category of $R$-modules is equivalent to the category of internal abelian groups in the slice category $\operatorname{Commutative rings}/...
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Is the rank of free module spectra unique?
Given a commutative ring, the rank of a free module is unique. This is the well known statement that commutative rings have invariant basis numbers. Does an analogue of this property hold for free ...
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Multiplicative Brown representability?
The Brown representability theorem can be convenient way to construct a spectrum. But to get a ring spectrum of even a very unstructured form seems to be harder. There's even currently a statement on ...
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What is the topological Hochschild cohomology of $\mathbb{F}_p$?
Following the computation of the THH (topological Hochschild homology) of $\mathbb{F}_p$ as outlined in Krause-Nikolaus.
We use the fact that $\mathbb{F}_p$ is initial $E_2$ ring with $0=p$ to compute
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Preorientation of additive formal group
In "A Survey of Elliptic Cohomology", Section 3.2, Lurie asserts that the preorientations of the additive formal group $\widehat{\mathbf G}_a$ over $\mathbf Z$ are classified by the $\mathbb ...
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Have mod $p^k$ Dyer Lashof operations been studied?
Here is one of the motivations for my question, when $p=2$. The homology of the spectrum $H\mathbb F_2$ as an algebra is generated by the Dyer Lashof operations on the single generator $\xi_1$ (and it ...
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Vanishing tate of a $p$-complete spectra
I was told: if $X$ is bdd below and $p$-complete spectra then $X^{tC_q}$ vanishes for primes $q \not= p$.
I do not see how this holds.
I am aware from I.2.9 that if $X$ is bdd. below, then $X^{tC_q} \...
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How does one rigorously lift a map $Sp \rightarrow Sp$ of spectra to equivariant spectra?
This is in part motivated from my attempt to understand tate diagonal in III.1 of Thomas Nikolaus, Peter Scholze, On topological cyclic homology, arXiv:1707.01799. I just want to make my ...
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K-theory on finite-dimensional (possibly not finite) CW complexes
I am trying to understand why (at least my most elementary understanding of) topological K-theory breaks down for non-compact things (which I have seen asserted in various places). In particular, as ...
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Is there a definition of reduced $E_\infty$ ring?
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I am curious if there is well defined notion of reduced $E_\infty$-ring.
Let $CAlg$ denote the $\infty$-category of $E_\...
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Interesting "epimorphisms" of $E_\infty$-ring spectra
$\newcommand{\Mod}{\mathbf{Mod}} \newcommand{\map}{\mathrm{map}_{E_\infty-A}}$ Suppose $i:A\to B$ is a map of $E_\infty$-ring spectra. It induces a functor of $\infty$-categories $\Mod_B\to\Mod_A$ by ...
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Homotopy groups of certain geometric fixed point spectrum
Let $G$ be a finite group and $E$ be a genuine $H$-spectrum for $H\leq G.$ Then for any subgroup $K$ of $G$, consider the $K$-spectrum $X=Res^G_K Ind^G_H(E).$
Is there any reference for computing the ...
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Module spectrum maps up to stable homotopy
Let $R$ be a commutative ring spectrum, $M$ and $N$ be a $R$-module spectra.
Let us consider $R$-module maps from $M$ to $N$ up to stable homotopy, that is maps $M \to N$ such that the composites $R \...
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Two definitions of power operations --- how do they relate?
Below are two different stories about power operations for $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring spectra, and I am struggling to see how they relate. In the following we let $R$ be an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring ...
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Two $\mathbb Z$-algebra structures on $\mathbb Z\otimes_{\mathbb S} R$
$\newcommand{\Sph}{\mathbb S} \newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z} \newcommand{\F}{\mathbb F}$
In this question I will abuse notation by writing $A$ for the (generalized) Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum associated ...
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$E_\infty$-maps of diagrams
I'm asking my question for a general symmetric monoidal $\infty$-category $ V$ and a general indexing simplicial set $I$, but my specific interest is for $ V = Sp$ with the usual smash product and $I =...
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$\mathbb Z \otimes_\mathbb S \mathbb Z$ is concentrated in degree $0$ : mistake in the argument
I'm not sure this is research level so if this is not appropriate, feel free to move the question to StackExchange. However, I post it here since my "fake proof" is based on a (recent) paper and I'm ...
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$KO_*$ groups of $\mathbb{R}P^\infty$, "Snaiths" theorem for $KO$
I posted this question some days ago at math.stackexchange, but didn't receive an answer.
I have two questions:
I wonder whether anyone has taken the time to compute $KO_*(\mathbb{R}P^\infty)$?
The ...
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Does Spec functor sends pushouts of rings into pullbacks of sets?
This question was posted here on StackExchange.
Let $A$ be a commutative ring and $B,C$ be two commutative $A$-algebras.
Consider the pushout square of ring homomorphism
$\require{AMScd}$
\begin{CD}
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Duality of Hopf algebras and duality of spectra
Let $S$ be the sphere spectrum, and for $X$ a topological space, let $S(X)$ be the mapping spectrum from the free loop spectrum on $X$ to the sphere spectrum. This is an $E_\infty$ ring spectrum (also ...
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A Thom spectrum from "doubled" tautological bundles?
Let us consider real vector bundles, and denote by $V_k$ the tautological bundle $V_k\to BO(k)$. From
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Thom(V\oplus 1_{\mathbb{R}}\to X)=\Sigma Thom(V\to X)
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and from $j^*V_{k+1}=V_k\oplus1_{\...
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