Commutative ring-spectra of characteristic 2 (Q1090967)

Let E be a commutative ring-spectrum with \(\pi_*(E)\) of characteristic 2. The author proves that there is an equivalence of ring theories \(E^*(-)\cong H^*(-; E^*)\) on the category of CW-spectra. The proof proceeds by an induction on the Postnikov factors of E and uses a property of the products of the spectra P(n). The above result yields an elegant proof for the fact that the Eilenberg-MacLane spectrum \(K({\mathbb{Z}}_ 2,0)\) is a Thom spectrum over \(\Omega^ 2S^ 3\).