Equivariant stable stems for prime order groups (Q847540)

Let \(p\) be an odd prime number. The group \(G\) in question will always be the cyclic group \(C_p= \{z\in\mathbb{C}|z^p= 1\}\) of order \(p\). For finite \(G\)-CW-complexes \(X\) and \(Y\), let \([X,Y]^G\) be the corresponding group of stable \(G\)-equivariant maps from \(X\) to \(Y\) with respect to a complete \(G\)-universe. The \(G\)-spheres in the paper under review are one-pointed compactifications \(S^V\) of real \(G\)-representations \(V\), with the point at infinity as base-point. Thus, the equivariant stable stems are the groups \([S^V,S^W]^G\) for real \(G\)-representations \(V\) and \(W\). We know that the groups \([S^V, S^W]^G\) depend up to isomorphism only on the class \(\alpha= [V]-[W]\) in the Grothendieck group \(RO(G)\) of real representations. Given any \(\alpha=[V]-[W]\in RO(G)\), one would like to know the groups on the \(E_2\)-term for \([^SV, S^W]_*^G\). Without loss of generality, it is enough to know them on the the \(E_2\)-term for \([S^V, S^0]^H_*\) and \([S^0,S^W]^G_*\). In the paper under review, the authors give some calculations for \([S^V,S^0]^G_*\) and \([S^0, S^W]^G_*\) for some \(V\) and \(W\). Features of the equivariant stable homotopy category, such as stability and duality, are shown to lift to the category of modules over the associated Steenrod algebra. The dependence on the dimension functions of the representations is clarified.