Equivariant orientation of vector bundles over disconnected base spaces

arXiv2303.10259MaRDI QIDQ6430002FDOQ6430002

Prasit Bhattacharya, Foling Zou

Publication date: 17 March 2023

Abstract: In this paper, we view the equivariant orientation theory of equivariant vector bundles from the lenses of equivariant Picard spectra. This viewpoint allows us to identify, for a finite group $mathrmG$, a precise condition under which an $mathrmR$-orientation of a $mathrmG$-equivariant vector bundle is encoded by a Thom class. Consequently, we are able to construct a generalization of the first Stiefel$-$Whitney class of a "homogeneous" $mathrmG$-equivariant bundle with respect to an $mathbb{E}_{i}nft{y}^{mathrmG}$-ring spectrum $mathrmR$. As an application, we show that the $2$-fold direct sum of any homogeneous bundle is $mathrmHunderline{mathcalA}_{mathrmG}$-orientable, where $underline{mathcalA}_{mathrmG}$ is the Burnside Mackey functor. We notice that $mathrmHunderline{mathcalA}_{mathrmG}$-orientability is equivalent to $mathrmHunderlinemathbbZ$-orientability when the order of $mathrmG$ is odd. When the order of $mathrmG$ is even, we show that a $mathrmG$-equivariant analog of the tautological line bundle over $mathbb{RP}^{i}nfty$ is $mathrmHunderlinemathbbZ$-orientable but not $mathrmHunderline{mathcalA}_{mathrmG}$-orientable.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equivariant homotopy theory in algebraic topology (55P91) Stable classes of vector space bundles in algebraic topology and relations to (K)-theory (55R50) Equivariant fiber spaces and bundles in algebraic topology (55R91) Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40) (J)-homomorphism, Adams operations (19L20) Equivariant operations and obstructions in algebraic topology (55S91)

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