Idempotents in \(F_+(G)\) (Q2297526)

Let \(G\) be a finite group and let \(F\) be a Green biset functor such that for all subgroups \(H\) of \(G\), \(F(H)\) is a torsion-free ring, finitely-generated as an abelian group, and has only trivial idempotents. With some minor hypotheses, it turns out that the Burnside ring \(B(G)\) of the group embeds in the lower plus construction \(F_+(G)\), defined by \textit{R. Boltje} [J. Algebra 206, No. 1, 293--343 (1998; Zbl 0913.20001)] and generalized by Boltje and the authors to biset functors, hence the idempotents of \(B(G)\) can be regarded as idempotents in \(F_+(G)\). The authors show here that under these assumptions, these are the only idempotents in \(F_+(G)\). They also describe the elements and the connected components of the spectrum of \(F_+(G)\).