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A Nilpotence Theorem for Rational Rigid 2-Rings of Moderate Growth

Algebraic Geometry 2026-05-26 v1 Algebraic Topology Category Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

In this short note, we prove a general nilpotence theorem for a rational rigid 2-ring all of whose objects satisfy a certain ``moderate growth condition'' inspired from the theory of tensor categories. This applies in particular to the category of modules over a rational EE_{\infty}-ring, to the derived category of any super-Tannakian category in characteristic zero, and conjecturally to Voevodsky's rational category of mixed motives over a field DMQDM_{\mathbb{Q}}. In fact, we further prove that any such category has enough tt-fields, which can be chosen to be of the form Perf(L) for an even 2-periodic field L.

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@article{arxiv.2605.24637,
  title  = {A Nilpotence Theorem for Rational Rigid 2-Rings of Moderate Growth},
  author = {Logan Hyslop},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.24637},
  year   = {2026}
}

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