Multiplicative equivariant K-theory and the Barratt-Priddy-Quillen theorem

Bertrand J. Guillou, J. Peter May, Mona Merling, Angélica M. Osorno

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Abstract

We prove a multiplicative version of the equivariant Barratt-Priddy-Quillen theorem, starting from the additive version proven in [13]. The proof uses a multiplicative elaboration of an additive equivariant infinite loop space machine that manufactures orthogonal G-spectra from symmetric monoidal G-categories. The new machine produces highly structured associative ring and module G-spectra from appropriate multiplicative input. It relies on new operadic multicategories that are of considerable independent interest and are defined in a general, not necessarily equivariant or topological, context. Most of our work is focused on constructing and comparing them. We construct a multifunctor from the multicategory of symmetric monoidal G-categories to the multicategory of orthogonal G-spectra. With this machinery in place, we prove that the equivariant BPQ theorem can be lifted to a multiplicative equivalence. That is the heart of what is needed for the presheaf reconstruction of the category of G-spectra in [12].

Original languageEnglish
Article number108865
JournalAdvances in Mathematics
Volume414
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
B.J. Guillou was partially supported by Simons Collaboration Grant No. 282316 and NSF grants DMS-1710379 and DMS-2003204 . M. Merling was partially supported by NSF grant DMS- 1709461 / 1850644 , a Simons AMS Travel grant, and NSF CAREER grant DMS-1943925 . A.M. Osorno was partially supported by the Simons Collaboration Grant No. 359449 , the Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship , and NSF grant DMS-1709302 .

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

  • K-theory
  • Multicategories
  • Multifunctors
  • Multiplicative equivariant infinite loop spaces
  • Operads

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Mathematics (all)

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