Estimation of the order of nilpotence of torsion elements in the symplectic cobordism ring (Q1324899): Difference between revisions

This paper shows that if \(\alpha\) in symplectic cobordism is a torsion element of dimension less than \(2^{n+2} -3\) then \(\alpha^ k=0\) where \(k= 3^ n\). Further, for the elements \(\theta_ i\) exhibited by Nigel Ray, \(\theta_{2i}^{2i +3}=0\). This illustrates the theorem of Michael Hopkins on the nilpotence of the torsion in the homotopy of many spectra.