Odd primary analogs of real orientations

Abstract: We define, in

C_{p}

-equivariant homotopy theory for

p > 2

, a notion of

m u_{p}

-orientation analogous to a

C_{2}

-equivariant Real orientation. The definition hinges on a

C_{p}

-space

m a t h b b {C P}_{m u_{p}}^{i n f t y}

, which we prove to be homologically even in a sense generalizing recent

C_{2}

-equivariant work on conjugation spaces. We prove that the height

p - 1

Morava

E

-theory is

m u_{p}

-oriented and that

m a t h r m t m f (2)

is

m u_{3}

-oriented. We explain how a single equivariant map

v_{1}^{m u_{p}} : S^{2 h o} o S i g m a^{i n f t y} m a t h b b {C P}_{m u_{p}}^{i n f t y}

completely generates the homotopy of

E_{p - 1}

and

m a t h r m t m f (2)

, expressing a height-shifting phenomenon pervasive in equivariant chromatic homotopy theory.

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