The Category of $H$-Modules over a Spectrum

The Category of $H$-Modules over a Spectrum
Author: Jack Palmer Sanders
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 143
Release: 1974
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821818414

The category of H-modules over a ring spectrum is introduced. We prove that mapping cones can be constructed in the category and that these mapping cones are unique up to equivalence. Other H-modules are constructed by induction and a limit process. We prove that each of the classical Thom spectra MO, MSO, MU, MSU, and MSp is a convergent H-module over itself. Finally we construct a tower of homology theories and natural transformations from MU.

The Spectrum of a Module Category

The Spectrum of a Module Category
Author: Henning Krause
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2001
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821826182

These notes present an introduction into the spectrum of the category of modules over a ring. We discuss the general theory of pure-injective modules and concentrate on the isomorphism classes of indecomposable pure-injective modules which form the underlying set of this spectrum. The interplay between the spectrum and the category of finitely presented modules provides new insight into the geometrical and homological properties of the category of finitely presented modules. Various applications from representation theory of finite dimensional algebras are included.

Equivariant Orthogonal Spectra and S-modules

Equivariant Orthogonal Spectra and S-modules
Author: M. A. Mandell
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002-08-19
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780821864777

The last few years have seen a revolution in our understanding of the foundations of stable homotopy theory. Many symmetric monoidal model categories of spectra whose homotopy categories are equivalent to the stable homotopy category are now known, whereas no such categories were known before 1993. The most well-known examples are the category of $S$-modules and the category of symmetric spectra. We focus on the category of orthogonal spectra, which enjoys some of the best features of $S$-modules and symmetric spectra and which is particularly well-suited to equivariant generalization. We first complete the nonequivariant theory by comparing orthogonal spectra to $S$-modules. We then develop the equivariant theory. For a compact Lie group $G$, we construct a symmetric monoidal model category of orthogonal $G$-spectra whose homotopy category is equivalent to the classical stable homotopy category of $G$-spectra. We also complete the theory of $S_G$-modules and compare the categories of orthogonal $G$-spectra and $S_G$-modules. A key feature is the analysis of change of universe, change of group, fixed point, and orbit functors in these two highly structured categories for the study of equivariant stable homotopy theory.

Homotopy Theory: Tools and Applications

Homotopy Theory: Tools and Applications
Author: Daniel G. Davis
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1470442442

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference Homotopy Theory: Tools and Applications, in honor of Paul Goerss's 60th birthday, held from July 17–21, 2017, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL. The articles cover a variety of topics spanning the current research frontier of homotopy theory. This includes articles concerning both computations and the formal theory of chromatic homotopy, different aspects of equivariant homotopy theory and K-theory, as well as articles concerned with structured ring spectra, cyclotomic spectra associated to perfectoid fields, and the theory of higher homotopy operations.

New Directions in Homotopy Theory

New Directions in Homotopy Theory
Author: Nitya Kitchloo, Mona Merling
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2018-05-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1470437740

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference, held from March 12–13, 2016, at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The focus of the conference, and subsequent papers, was on applications of innovative methods from homotopy theory in category theory, algebraic geometry, and related areas, emphasizing the work of younger researchers in these fields.

Spectra and the Steenrod Algebra

Spectra and the Steenrod Algebra
Author: H.R. Margolis
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2011-08-18
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0080960170

I have intended this book to be more than just the sum of its chapters, and the introduction is, in part, an attempt to spell out what the more is. Algebraic topology is the study of topological problems by algebraic means. More precisely, this has come to be framed as the study of topological categories by means of functors to algebraic categories. Beyond the basic definitions and structure, the focus is often on particular problems, for example, Adams’ use of K-theory to solve the vector fields on spheres problem. On the other hand, there are contributions of a more global nature yielding insight into the overall structure of some topological category, for example, Quillen’s work on rational homotopy type. This book is intended primarily as a contribution of this latter sort. So while there will be a variety of particular examples and computations, and although the structure being developed has significant application to many specific problems (some of which are considered here), the major thrust of the text is toward understanding the global structure and linkage of the topological and algebraic categories considered: the stable homotopy category and the category of modules over the Steenrod algebra.

Infinite Length Modules

Infinite Length Modules
Author: Henning Krause
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Total Pages: 437
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3034884265

This book is concerned with the role played by modules of infinite length when dealing with problems in the representation theory of groups and algebras, but also in topology and geometry; it shows the intriguing interplay between finite and infinite length modules.

Parametrized Homotopy Theory

Parametrized Homotopy Theory
Author: J. Peter May
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2006
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821839225

This book develops rigorous foundations for parametrized homotopy theory, which is the algebraic topology of spaces and spectra that are continuously parametrized by the points of a base space. It also begins the systematic study of parametrized homology and cohomology theories. The parametrized world provides the natural home for many classical notions and results, such as orientation theory, the Thom isomorphism, Atiyah and Poincare duality, transfer maps, the Adams and Wirthmuller isomorphisms, and the Serre and Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequences. But in addition to providing a clearer conceptual outlook on these classical notions, it also provides powerful methods to study new phenomena, such as twisted $K$-theory, and to make new constructions, such as iterated Thom spectra. Duality theory in the parametrized setting is particularly illuminating and comes in two flavors. One allows the construction and analysis of transfer maps, and a quite different one relates parametrized homology to parametrized cohomology. The latter is based formally on a new theory of duality in symmetric bicategories that is of considerable independent interest. The text brings together many recent developments in homotopy theory. It provides a highly structured theory of parametrized spectra, and it extends parametrized homotopy theory to the equivariant setting. The theory of topological model categories is given a more thorough treatment than is available in the literature. This is used, together with an interesting blend of classical methods, to resolve basic foundational problems that have no nonparametrized counterparts.