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Homotopy theory is an important sub-field of algebraic topology. It is mainly concerned with the properties and structures of spaces which are invariant under homotopy. Chief among these are the homotopy groups of spaces, specifically those of spheres. Homotopy theory includes a broad set of ideas and techniques, such as cohomology theories, spectra and stable homotopy theory, model categories, spectral sequences, and classifying spaces.

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Homotopy equivalence of maps with compact support and maps which vanish at infinity

Let $X$ be a nice space, maybe a manifold, and let $Y$ be a based space. What sort of conditions must we impose on $Y$ (and $X$ if need be) to get a homotopy equivalence $$ \mathcal C_c(X,Y) \simeq …
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Group of units of a ring spectrum vs of its connective cover

Let $R$ be a commutative ring spectrum (interpret this as you will; as an $E_\infty$-ring or as a commutative $S$-algebra etc.) and $\operatorname{GL}_1(R)$ as usual denote its space of units. If $\t …
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$QS^0$ isn't a product of Eilenberg-Mac Lane

I am reading Lewis' paper "Is there a convenient category of spectra?". To prove the main result on the non-existence of such a nice category, he shows that otherwise the unit component of $QS^0= \var …
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Morphisms of $\mathbb E_l$-rings between $\mathbb E_k$-rings for $l<k$

Given two commutative rings $A$ and $B$, any map of rings $A\to B$ will automatically preserve the commutative structure. This is to say, the forgetful functor $\operatorname{CRing}\to \operatorname{R …
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Grading ring spectra over the sphere spectrum

One of the default examples of ordinary graded commutative rings is the polynomial ring $\mathbf Z[t]$. Let us first examine the analogue of that, and then see where else that leads! 1. $S$-grading on …
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Is there a "spectral exterior algebra" construction in higher algebra?

Interesting question! I can't give a real answer, but here are some idle musings: Note that one way to encode exterior powers is as $\Lambda^i_R(E) = \Sigma^{-i}(\mathrm{Sym}^i_R(\Sigma(E)))$ (since p …
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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 $\mathbb E_\infty$ …
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(Pre)orientation vs. formal completion

Okay, I think I may have figured out how B) $\Rightarrow$ A). Because nobody else has given an answer yet, I'm spelling it out (I hope that's not considered bad form). And if what I wrote doesn't make …
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Are morphisms of parametrized spectra themselves parametrized morphisms of spectra?

Let $X$ be a fixed parametrizing space. Let $E$ and $E'$ be two spectra and let $E_X$ and $E'_X$ be their trivial parametrized versions. Intuitively I imagine that the morphisms of parametrized spectr …
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Morphisms of parametrized ring spectra

This is a follow-up to this question, in which Denis Nardin nicely explained that $$ \operatorname{Map}_{\operatorname{Fun}(X, \operatorname{Sp})}(E_X, E'_X) \simeq \operatorname{Map}(X, \operatorname …
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Stable homotopy groups of $QX$

If $X$ is a space, we can form $QX=\varinjlim \Omega^n\Sigma^nX$ which is an infinite loop space with homotopy groups $\pi_i(QX)=\pi^{s}_i(X)$ the stable homotopy groups of $X.$ But these are the unst …
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When do the polynomial algebra and free algebra coincide in brave new algebra?

Given an $\mathbb E_\infty$-ring (highly structured commutative ring spectrum if you want) $R$, we have the free $R$-algebra (on one generation) $R\{t\}\simeq \bigoplus_{n\ge 0} R_{\mathrm h\Sigma_n}$ …
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(Pre)orientation vs. formal completion

Let $\mathbb G$ be an abelian vatiety over an $\mathbb E_\infty$-ring $A$. That is to say, it consists of an abelian group object in the $\infty$-category of relative schemes $\mathbb G\to \operatorna …
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Interpolating between the flat and smooth affine lines in spectral algebraic geometry

I believe there are no exterior algebras in sight. To see this, let us think through the $1$-categorical case carefully. We have a commutative ring $R$ and the ordinary category of $R$-modules $\mathr …
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