Infinite sums of unstable Adams operations and cobordism

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2009.09.001zbMATH Open1200.55028arXiv0812.1481OpenAlexW2097793540MaRDI QIDQ847690FDOQ847690

Authors: M.-J. Strong, Sarah Whitehouse 

Publication date: 19 February 2010

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The elements of the ring of bidegree (0,0) additive unstable operations in complex K-theory can be described explicitly as certain infinite sums of Adams operations. Here we show how to make sense of the same expressions for complex cobordism MU, thus identifying the "Adams subring" of the corresponding ring of cobordism operations. We prove that the Adams subring is the centre of the ring of bidegree (0,0) additive unstable cobordism operations. For an odd prime p, the analogous result in the p-local split setting is also proved.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1481

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zbMATH Keywords

\(K\)-theorycobordismBrown-Peterson theoryunstable Adams operation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology (55N22) Connective (K)-theory, cobordism (19L41) (K)-theory operations and generalized cohomology operations in algebraic topology (55S25)

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