A theorem on multiplicative cell attachments with an application to Ravenel's X(n) spectra

Abstract: We show that the homotopy groups of a connective

E_{k}

-ring spectrum with an

E_{k}

-cell attached along a class

a l p h a

in degree

n

are isomorphic to the homotopy groups of the cofiber of the self-map associated to

a l p h a

through degree

2 n

. Using this, we prove that the

2 n - 1^{s t}

homotopy groups of Ravenel's

X (n)

spectra are cyclic for all

n

. This further implies that, after localizing at a prime,

X (n + 1)

is homotopically unique as the

E_{1}

-

X (n)

-algebra with homotopy groups in degree

2 n - 1

killed by an

E_{1}

-cell. Lastly, we prove analogous theorems for a sequence of

E_{k}

-ring Thom spectra, for each odd

k

, which are formally similar to Ravenel's

X (n)

spectra and whose colimit is also

M U

.

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