Relative Thom spectra via operadic Kan extensions

Abstract: We show that a large number of Thom spectra, i.e. colimits of morphisms

B G o B G L_{1} (m a t h b b S)

, can be obtained as iterated Thom spectra, i.e. colimits of morphisms

B G o B G L_{1} (M f)

for some Thom spectrum

M f

. This leads to a number of new relative Thom isomorphisms, e.g.

M U [6, i n f t y) w e d g e_{M S t r i n g} M U [6, i n f t y) s i m e q M U [6, i n f t y) w e d g e m a t h b b S [B^{3} S p i n]

. As an example of interest to chromatic homotopy theorists, we also show that Ravenel's

X (n)

filtration of

M U

is a tower of intermediate Thom spectra determined by a natural filtration of

B U

by sub-bialagebras.

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