Strictly commutative complex orientation theory

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DOI10.1007/S00209-017-2009-6zbMATH Open1417.55012arXiv1603.00047OpenAlexW2963804949MaRDI QIDQ667597FDOQ667597


Authors: Michael J. Hopkins, Tyler Lawson Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 1 March 2019

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a multiplicative cohomology theory E, complex orientations are in bijective correspondence with multiplicative natural transformations to E from complex bordism cohomology MU. If E is represented by a spectrum with a highly structured multiplication, we give an iterative process for lifting an orientation MU -> E to a map respecting this extra structure, based on work of Arone-Lesh. The space of strictly commutative orientations is the limit of an inverse tower of spaces parametrizing partial lifts; stage 1 corresponds to ordinary complex orientations, and lifting from stage (m-1) to stage m is governed by the existence of a orientation for a family of E-modules over a fixed base space F_m. When E is p-local, we can say more. We find that this tower only changes when m is a power of p, and if E is E(n)-local the tower is constant after stage p^n. Moreover, if the coefficient ring E^* is p-torsion free, the ability to lift from stage 1 to stage p is equivalent to a condition on the associated formal group law that was shown necessary by Ando.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.00047




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