Equivalences of the form \Sigma^V X \simeq \Sigma^W X in equivariant stable homotopy theory

Abstract: For a finite group

G

and virtual

G

-representation

a l p h a = V - W

of virtual dimension

0

, there is an invertible Thom class

t_{a} l p h a i n p i_{a l p h a} M O_{G}

in the

R O (G)

-graded coefficients of

G

-equivariant cobordism. We introduce and study

t_{a} l p h a

-self maps: equivalences

S i g m a^{n V} X s i m e q S i g m a^{n W} X

inducing multiplication by

t_{a} l p h a^{n}

in

M O_{G}

-theory. We also treat the variants based on

M U_{G}

and

M S p_{G}

, as well as equivalences not necessarily compatible with cobordism. When

X = C (a_{l} a m b d a^{m})

arises as the cofiber of an Euler class, these periodicities may be produced by an

R O (G)

-graded

J

-homomorphism

p i_{m l a m b d a} K O_{G} i g h t a r r o w (p i_{s} t a r C (a_{l} a m b d a^{m}))^{i} m e s

, and we use this to give several examples.

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