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K(r)-localization and monochromatic layers in the chromatic spectral sequence
While preparing some lecture notes, I had a basic point of confusion come up that I haven't been able to settle.
The $BP$-Adams spectral sequence (or $p$-local Adams-Novikov spectral sequence) for ...
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Spectral sequences as deformation theory
I believe that running the spectral sequence of a filtered complex / spectrum $ \cdots \to F_n \to F_{n+1} \to \cdots$ can be viewed as doing deformation theory in some very primitive "derived ...
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Does the cohomology ring of a simply-connected space X determine the cohomology groups of ΩX?
One could try to apply the Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence to the pullback diagram • → X ← •, obtaining a spectral sequence TorH•(X, R)(R, R) => H•(ΩX, R), but ...
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Is the 4-line of the E_2 term of the classical Adams spectral sequence known?
In other words:
What is $\mathrm{Ext}_{\mathcal{A}}^{4,t}(\mathbb{Z}/2,\mathbb{Z}/2)$?
If the 4-line is not known, how much is known about it?
Here, $\mathcal{A}$ is the 2-primary Steenrod ...
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Slick Proof of Kudo Transgression Theorem
The Kudo Trangression Theorem has to do with the transgression in the Leray-Serre spectral sequence for cohomology in $\mathbb{Z}/p$ ($p$ odd). It can be proved by the method of the universal example,...
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Multiplicativity in the descent spectral sequence
For a homotopy sheaf $\mathcal{F}$ of ring spectra over some space (/ site / whatever) $X$ with a cover $U_i$, we can build a "descent spectral sequence" with signature $$E^1_{p, q} = \pi_{p+q} \...
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The spectral sequence of a tower of principal fibrations
Assume we have a tower of fibrations (of simplicial sets, let's say):
$$\cdots\rightarrow X_{n+1}\rightarrow X_n\rightarrow\cdots\rightarrow X_0.$$
Let $X=\lim_nX_n$ be the (homotopy) inverse limit. ...
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The second stable homotopy group
I am interested in the low-degree stable homotopy group $\pi_2^{s}(X)$ of a path-connected space $X$. Using the Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence, we have the short exact sequence $0\to H_1(X,\...
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Why is it difficult to obtain the next differential in a spectral sequence?
I am following Hatcher's notes on spectral sequences. On page 522 an exact couple $(A, E, i, j, k)$ is defined. You can construct a derived exact couple easily from this to get your desired $E'$ ...
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Computations using "Stover's spectral sequence"
In this article from 1990, Stover describes a specral sequence which converges to the higher homotopy groups of the homotopy colimit of a diagram $\underline{X}$ of topological spaces.
The second ...
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What does convergence of a Bousfield-Kan spectral sequence say about the homotopy type of the totalization?
Given a cosimplicial space or spectrum $X^\bullet$, there is an associated Bousfield-Kan spectral sequence. This starts out as the bigraded object obtained by taking homotopy groups of each $X^n$ and ...
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What are some good examples of spectral sequences which degenerate after the first nontrivial differential?
The difference between algebraic geometry and algebraic topology is that in AG, you usually hope that your spectral sequences degenerate immediately at the $E_2$ page. In AT, you often have to live ...
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How do you compute the space of lifts of an E-infinity map?
Let X, Y and B be $E_\infty$ spaces, and let $p: X \rightarrow Y$ and $f: B \rightarrow Y$ be $E_\infty$ maps. We can ask for the space of lifts of f across p, that is the space of $E_\infty$ maps $g:...
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Differentials in the Adams Spectral Sequence for spheres at the prime p=2
How does one compute the differentials in the Adams Spectral Sequence for spheres at the prime 2 in the range $13\le t-s\le 20$? There seem to be 6 nonzero differentials, and at this point I only ...
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What is the first interesting matric Toda bracket in the stable homotopy of the sphere?
Feel free to gloss ‘interesting’ as you see fit. One way:
1. What is the lowest degree matric Toda bracket in $\pi_\ast(S)$ that doesn't contain zero?
By ‘degree’ I mean total homotopical degree, ...
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Some calculations with the Adams spectral sequence and the cobar complex
I am trying to 'get my hands dirty', so to speak, with some of the calculations with the Adams spectral sequence in Ravenel's Complex Cobordism book, and I have a few questions (I hope it is OK to ask ...
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What is the relationship between spectral sequences and obstruction theory?
Let $X,Y$ be objects of some category $\mathcal C$, and suppose I want to study homotopy classes of maps from $X$ to $Y$ (almost everything one does in algebraic topology can be viewed this way). It ...
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Madsen-Tillmann spectrum $MTE$ of the group $E$ which is defined in Freed-Hopkins's paper
In Freed-Hopkins's paper, the group $E(d)$ is defined to be the subgroup of $O(d)\times\mathbb{Z}_4$ consisting of the pairs $(A,j)$ such that $\det A=j^2$, where $\mathbb{Z}_4=\{\pm1,\pm\sqrt{-1}\}$ ...
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Sphere spectrum, Character dual and Anderson dual
The homotopy groups of the sphere spectrum are the stable homotopy groups of spheres.
However, could you help me to appreciate the mathematical meanings of the following:
What is the significance of ...
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Serre Spectral Sequence of Representations
Suppose that $G$ is a group acting on a fibre bundle $(F,E,B)$ by bundle automorphisms. In this case, the action automorphisms $E\to E$ give the integral homology $H_\ast(E;\mathbb{Z})$ the structure ...
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Why does strong convergence of the EMSS imply that Tot commutes with suspension spectrum?
Given a fiber square of simplicial sets
$$\begin{array}{cc}
& \hspace{-7mm} E \\
&\hspace{-7mm}\downarrow \\
\ast\longrightarrow &\hspace{-7mm} B
\end{array}$$
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Cap product on Leray-Serre spectral sequences
Let $\ p:X\to B\ $ be a fibration of spaces with fiber $F$. Then there are homological and cohomological Leray-Serre spectral sequences $E^{r}_{pq}$ and $E_r^{pq}$ that converge to $H_*(X)$ and $H^*(...
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$\pi_{2p^kn - 1}(P^{2n+1}(p^r))$ contains a $\mathbb{Z}_{p^{r+1}}$ summand
I am reading Neisendorfer's paper Samelson products and exponents of homotopy groups and related papers. I am stuck on theorem 14.1 on page 21, which says that there exists a $\mathbb{Z}_{p^{r+1}}$ ...
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Differentials in the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence and the geometric boundary theorem
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\newcommand\Z{\mathbb{Z}}
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The reference for this question will be the paper by Henn, Karamanov and Mahowald - "The homotopy of the $K(2)$-...
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In the not necessarily abelian cat setting, is there a Grothendieck spectral sequence for computing the homotopy of a composition of derived functors?
Recall the Grothendieck spectral sequence which computes the homology groups of a composition of left derived functors $F$ and $G$ on abelian categories:
\begin{align*}
E_{p,q}^{2}(A)=L_{p}G\circ L_{q}...
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Proof of the ''trangression theorem''
Here is what I would call the transgression theorem. Let $X$ be a pointed space and $\Omega X$ its loop space. There are two maps $H_{p}(\Omega X) \to H_{p+1}(X)$ which should be the same. I am ...
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Does a filtered A_N algebra give rise to a multiplicative spectral sequence?
The question is pretty much in the title. It is a classical fact that a filtered dga gives rise to a multiplicative spectral sequence. It is claimed in Remark 4.1 of https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.6728....
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Adams spectral sequence for loop spaces
Let $X = \Omega_0^3S^3$ a connected component of $\Omega^3S^3$. I am interested in explicit construction of spectral sequence converging to odd prime torsion in homotopy groups of $X$.
There is a ...
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Motivic homotopy spectral sequence
I would like to have a question about the re-index convention. Let us consider a spectrum $E$ (I am mainly interested in motivic setting, however let's consider the simplicial case firstly, i.e. $E$ ...
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Serre spectral sequence with spectra
A friend recently asked me if i had heard anything about a stable Serre Spectral Sequence or one constructed with spectra, has any one else ever heard of this? is there any reason other than ...
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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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Two spectral sequences arising from a simplicial spectrum
Let $X_\bullet$ be a simplicial spectrum, and let $X = |X_\bullet|$ be the geometric realization.
Let's assume each $X_n$ is connective.
From this situation, we can form two filtrations on $X$: the ...
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spectral sequence for cobordism without leaving smooth category
In Bott & Tu's marvelous book there is a derivation of the spectral sequence for a (smooth) fiber bundle for deRham cohomology done entirely in the realm of the smooth category. Unfortunately, as ...
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Bousfield-Kan and Generalized Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequences
Building on the work of Anderson and Rector, Bousfield's paper "On the homology spectral sequence of a cosimplicial space" constructs a spectral sequence which takes in a cosimplicial space (here ...
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Is there a systematic way to "bound" the $d_n$'s of ASS's by "pairing" them with elements in the $n$-line of the $E_2$ of the ASS of the sphere?
All details in the question are for the case $p=2$ though I expect the answer shouldn't be that different for odd primes.
Adams showed (i think it was him) the following statement:
The element $...
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Loop-space functor on cohomology
For a pointed space $X$ and an Abelian group $G$, the loop-space functor induces a homomorphism $\omega:H^n(X,G)\to H^{n-1}(\Omega X,G)$.
More concretely, $\omega$ is given by the Puppe sequence
$$\...
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$BP$-Adams Novikov Spectral Sequence or Homotopy groups of $S/3$
What is know about the homotopy groups of $S/3$ where $S/3 = \mathrm{hocofib}(S \xrightarrow{\cdot 3} S)$? Otherwise, is there some reference I can consult for the $BP$-ANSS for $S/3$?
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Using the Serre spectral sequence - moving between $\mathbb{Z}/2$ and $\mathbb{Z}$ information
I am trying to understand the computation of $\pi_5(S^3)$ and $\pi_6(S^3)$ using the Serre spectral sequence. I know already that $\pi_5(S^3)$ is only 2-torsion and $\pi_6(S^3)$ is 2-torsion together ...
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cohomology algebra of braid spaces, configuration spaces
In Homology of $C_{n+1}$-spaces, $n\geq 0$, F.R. Cohen, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Vol. 533, Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, the cohomology algebra $H^*(B(\mathbb{R}^{n+1},p),\mathbb{Z}_p)$, for $p$...
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Pro-trivial cosimplicial tower of spaces
Let $\{X^\bullet_s\}$ be a cosimplicial tower of spaces. In other words, for each fixed "tower degree" n, we have a (let's assume Reedy fibrant) cosimplicial space $X^\bullet_n$, and for each fixed ...
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Functoriality of Leray homology spectral sequences of fibrations
Let $p\colon E\to B$ and $p'\colon E'\to B'$ be two fibrations. Assume for simplicity that $B,B'$ are simply connected. Let we have morphism of these fibrations, i.e. two continuous maps
$$f\colon E\...
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Identifying $d_1$ in the Atiyah-Hirzebruch-Serre spectral sequence
In A Primer on Spectral Sequences (also later published in More Concise Algebraic Topology), J. Peter May describes the Serre Spectral Sequence for any homology theory. To recap, suppose $p\colon E\...
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Homotopy equivalence of chain complexes from subcomplexes and quotient complexes
Let $C_1$ be a finite-dimensional chain complex over $\mathbb{C}$ coefficients. Let $S_i$ be a subcomplex of $C_1$ and let $Q_1$ be the quotient complex. Suppose $S_1$ and $Q_1$ are chain homotopy ...
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Grothendieck spectral sequence and exact couples
I'm thinking about the Grothendieck spectral sequence. I'm trying to understand how it relates to exact couples. Can anyone help me prove in general that the Grothendieck Spectral sequence converges ...
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When does Tate spectral sequence degenerate at $E_2$?
For a spectrum $M \in \text{Sp}^{B\mathbb{S}^1}$ with a circle group action, there is Tate spectral sequence
$$
E_2^{ij}=\pi_{-i}(H(\pi_{-j}M))^{t\mathbb{S}^1} \Longrightarrow \pi_{-i-j}(M^{t\mathbb{S}...
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hirzebruch spectral sequence for a cohomology theory on a subcategory of TOP
The answer to my question is probably going to be 'yes, sometimes'. So I'll give my motivation first.
I am trying to give a short argument that for a fibration $F \hookrightarrow E \to B$ and a $\...
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A version of Leray Hirsch better for local coefficients
Let $F \hookrightarrow E \to B$ be a fibration, and let everything be over a field $k$.
The leray hirsch theorem in its usual form says that the (homology) cohomology spectral sequence degenerates at (...
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completion and convergence of spectral sequence
I would like to understand the connection between $p$-adic completion and the strong convergence of a spectral sequence. Precisely, suppose $E^2_{s,t}\implies G_{s+t}$ is a first quadrant strongly ...
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Unordered configuration space of $\mathbb{R}P^1$
In the paper
GEOMETRY OF TRUNCATED SYMMETRIC PRODUCTS AND REAL
ROOTS OF REAL POLYNOMIALS, JACOB MOSTOVOY, Bull. London Math. Soc. (1998) 30 (2):
159-165,
Theorem 2. (b): $TP^n(\mathbb{R}P^1)$ is ...
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Spectral sequence for a truncated semi cosimplicial space
Consider the simplicial indexing category $\Delta$. Now, let's denote the subcategory consisting of injections as $\Delta_{inj}$. When we're dealing with a cosimplicial space, which is essentially a ...
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