Morava \(K\)-theory of classifying spaces: Some calculations (Q1360146)

The author develops some powerful techniques for calculating Morava K-theories of classifying spaces of finite and compact Lie groups. As a highlight, he shows that \(K(2)^{odd} \neq 0\), where \(P\) is the \(3\)-Sylow subgroup of \(GL_4(\mathbb Z /3)\). This disproves a conjecture of \textit{M. J. Hopkins, N. J. Kuhn} and \textit{D. C. Ravenel} [Lect. Notes Math. 1509, 186-209 (1992; Zbl 0757.55006)], that for every finite group \(G\) and positive integer \(n\), \(K(n)^*(BG)\) is additively generated as a \(K(n)^*\)-module by transferred Euler classes of complex representations of subgroups of \(G\), and so must be concentrated in even dimensions. The author also calculates Morava K-theories of semidirect products of cyclic groups with elementary abelian groups and studies complex-oriented cohomology of \(BO(k)\). There are two main ingredients to the author's calculations. The first ingredient is the Hochschild-Serre spectral sequence associated with an extension of the group \(\mathbb Z /p\). The second is Hopkins-Kuhn-Ravenel character theory.