Questions tagged [equivariant-homotopy]
Equivariant homotopy theory is the study of how homotopy theory behaves when spaces are considered together with a group action on them.
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Equivariant classifying spaces from classifying spaces
Given compact Lie groups $G$ and $\Pi$, there is a notion of "$G$-equivariant principal $\Pi$-bundle", and a corresponding notion of classifying space, often denoted $B_G\Pi$, so that $G$-equivariant ...
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Definition of $Fun^G( \mathcal C, \mathcal D)$ in the setting of quasicategories
Our research group is currently going through the paper by Thomas Nikolaus and Peter Scholze On Topological Cyclic Homology and in the Appendix B, Proposition B.5., they use the notation $Fun^{B \...
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A heart for stable equivariant homotopy theory
Let $G$ be a finite group. I wonder whether the following statement is true, known and written down:
There is a t-structure on the stable $G$-equivariant homotopy category such that the associated ...
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Is the equivariant cohomology an equivariant cohomology?
Suppose a finite group $G$ acts piecewise linearly on a polyhedron $X$. Then there are two kinds of equivariant cohomology (or homology).
$\bullet$ With coefficients in a $\Bbb Z G$-module $M$. A ...
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Equivariant Fredholm operators classify equivariant K-theory
Let $\mathcal{F}$ be the space of Fredholm operators on a separable Hilbert space $H$ with the topology induced by the operator norm.
If $X$ is compact,
Atiyah-Jänich proved that
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Motivation for equivariant homotopy theory?
I'm in the process of learning equivariant homotopy theory, so I was wondering: what is the importance of equivariant homotopy theory, and what has it been applied to so far? I know of HHR's solution ...
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Why are equivariant homotopy groups not RO(G)-graded?
I know very little about the fancy equivariant stable homotopy category, so I apologize if this question is silly for one reason or another, but:
I think that stable homotopy, in the non-equivariant ...
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Is the Milnor construction contractible
Let $G$ be any topological group. Then we can form the infinite join $E_G$ of $G$, i.e. the colimit $G*G*G\cdots$.
Is $E_G$ contractible?
I mean it is clear that $E_G$ is weakly contractible, but ...
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Models for equivariant genuine commutative ring spectra
The following question is an attempt at understanding various flavours of equivariant commutative ring spectra; it may not be suitable level for this forum.
Let $\mathcal{C}(G)$ be a symmetric ...
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Homotopy theoretic description of homotopy fixed points (and obstructions) for an action of group $G$ on a groupoid $X$
There are several scattered statements about fixed points and obstructions which I'd very much like to see unified in some framework.
To state them let $G$ be a group acting on a connected (1-...
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How does one rigorously lift a map $Sp \rightarrow Sp$ of spectra to equivariant spectra?
This is in part motivated from my attempt to understand tate diagonal in III.1 of Thomas Nikolaus, Peter Scholze, On topological cyclic homology, arXiv:1707.01799. I just want to make my ...
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Iterated Homotopy Quotient
If one has a normal Lie group inclusion $H\to G$, with quotient $G/H$, and a $G$-manifold $X$, one can take the quotient $X/H$. Then the $G$-action on $X/H$ factors thru a $G/H$-action, so one can ...
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Where can I find basic "computations" of equivariant stable homotopy groups?
I am new to this subject; so please correct me if I will say something wrong or if you don't like my notation. In particular, I don't know whether it is reasonable to consider an infinite group $G$ (...
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$RO(Q)$-graded homotopy fixed point spectral sequence
I am trying to understand some part of J. Greenlees's "Four approaches to cohomology theories with reality": https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.09365
I have a problem with understanding $RO(Q)$-graded ...
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Burnside ring and zeroth G-equivariant stem for finite G
Let $G$ be a finite group. The theorem that the Burnside ring $A(G)$ is isomorphic to the zeroth stable stem $\pi^{G}_0(S)$ is usually said to originate from Segal. I search for a reference of a proof ...
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Computing homotopy colimit of a space with free $S^1$-action
Context. I am trying to understand the argument in B.4 of Thomas Nikolaus, Peter Scholze, On topological cyclic homology, arXiv:1707.01799 (on p147).
I am still lost. But from Maxime's helpful ...
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Need M combinatorial for existence of injective model structure on $M^G$?
I'm doing some work with model categories and operads, and to check a certain hypothesis I've had to learn a bit of equivariant homotopy theory. Let $M$ be a model category and $G$ be a finite group. ...
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Reduction to graph subgroups for Bredon homology when the $G_1\times G_2$ is $G_2$-free
I have the following problem. Let $\Gamma_{G_1\times G_2}$ be a full subcategory of the orbit category $\mathcal{O}_{G_1\times G_2}$ consisting of graph subgroups of $G_1\times G_2$. Further, let $N$ ...
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Bredon cohomology of a sign representation for a cyclic group of order 4
Yet another question "I compute Bredon cohomology of something and I am not sure, whether it is correct".
So I am taking a sign representation $\sigma$ of cyclic group of order 4, $C_4$. Then I ...
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