Unstable Adams operations acting on \(p\)-local compact groups and fixed points (Q422126): Difference between revisions

\textit{F. Junod, R. Levi} and \textit{A. Libman} defined unstable Adams operations on \(p\)-local compact groups in [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 12, No. 1, 49--74 (2012; Zbl 1258.55010)]. One typical application of Adams operations for compact Lie groups \(G\) has been to use fixed points to approximate \(BG\) by classifying spaces of finite groups, see \textit{E. M. Friedlander} and \textit{G. Mislin} [Invent. Math. 83, 425--436 (1986; Zbl 0566.55011)]. Recently, \textit{C. Broto} and \textit{J. M. Møller} have performed this for \(p\)-compact groups [Algebr. Geom. Topol. 7, 1809--1919 (2007; Zbl 1154.55009)] and the aim of the article under review is to study to which extent this approach can be applied to \(p\)-local compact groups. It turns out that each Adams operation defines a whole family of them -- by iteration -- and these determine a so-called ``strong fixed points'' transporter system. It is however difficult to check whether or not they correspond to \textit{saturated} fusion systems. This is achieved in the case of \(p\)-local compact groups of rank one and for those coming from the unitary compact Lie group \(U(n)\). Here, the \(p\)-local compact group is indeed approximated by \(p\)-local finite groups and such an approximation yields a stable element theorem for computing the mod \(p\) cohomology.