Equivariant orientation of vector bundles over disconnected base spaces

MaRDI QIDQ6430002FDO

Authors Prasit Bhattacharya, Foling Zou

Publication date 17 March 2023

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)

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.

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