Symmetric products and subgroup lattices (Q1746310)

Let $G$ be a finite group and $\mathrm{Sp}^n_G=\mathrm{Sp}^n(S^V)$ the spectrum of symmetric products of $G$-representation spheres $S^V$. The author expresses the equivariant rational homotopy groups of this spectrum as the equivariant homology of a subcomplex of the subgroup lattice $L(G)$ of $G$. Here $L(G)$ denotes the simplicial set with $k$-simplices given by chains $H_0 \leq \cdots \leq H_k$ of subgroups of $G$ and $L(G)_n$ the subspace of those chains with $[H_k: H_0] \leq n$. The main result is an isomorphism \[ \pi_*^G(\mathrm{Sp}^n_G) \otimes\mathbb{Q} \cong H_*(L(G)_n; \mathbb{Q}))_G. \] The proof is obtained in Schwede's global equivariant context [\textit{S. Schwede}, Global homotopy theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2018; Zbl 1451.55001)]. Several sample calculations are given for groups $G$ of small order.