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A classification of $C_{p^n}$-Tambara fields

Algebraic Topology 2025-03-07 v3 Group Theory

Abstract

Tambara functors arise in equivariant homotopy theory as the structure adherent to the homotopy groups of a coherently commutative equivariant ring spectrum. We show that if kk is a field-like CpnC_{p^n}-Tambara functor, then kk is the coinduction of a field-like CpsC_{p^s}-Tambara functor \ell such that (Cps/e)\ell(C_{p^s}/e) is a field. If this field has characteristic other than pp, we observe that \ell must be a fixed-point Tambara functor, and if the characteristic is pp, we determine all possible forms of \ell through an analysis of the behavior of the Frobenius endomorphism and the trace of a CpC_p-Galois extension.

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@article{arxiv.2409.02966,
  title  = {A classification of $C_{p^n}$-Tambara fields},
  author = {Noah Wisdom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.02966},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

16 pages, changed the adjective "pure" to "clarified" throughout, and fixed an error at the end of the section 4 involving the behavior of transfers

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