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Ambidextrous global spectra and tempered cohomology

Algebraic Topology 2026-03-19 v1 Algebraic Geometry Category Theory K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We introduce generalizations of global equivariant spectra which encode globally equivariant cohomology theories equipped with additional transfers, such as the deflation maps present in equivariant topological KK-theory. We call these Q\mathcal{Q}-ambidextrous global spectra, where Q\mathcal{Q} is a parameter encoding which additional transfers one allows. As our main example, we prove that the tempered cohomology theory associated with an oriented P\mathbf{P}-divisible group, constructed by Lurie, is represented by a π\pi-ambidextrous global E\mathbf{E}_\infty ring spectrum, encoding transfers along all relatively π\pi-finite maps of global spaces. This is established by means of a general parametrized decategorification process, perhaps of independent interest, that produces Q\mathcal{Q}-ambidextrous global spectra from suitable global families of stable \infty-categories. By allowing Q\mathcal{Q} to vary, we are able to coherently encode the fact that non-invertible morphisms of oriented P\mathbf{P}-divisible groups induce maps of tempered theories that only commute with certain transfers. With these π\pi-ambidextrous enhancements in hand, we explore the fundamental properties of tempered theories as equivariant stable homotopy types. We construct a well-behaved FF-global homology theory for any π\pi-finite space FF, with good base change properties. Taking F=BHF = \mathbf{B} H for a finite group HH, this establishes general base change results for the geometric fixed points of tempered theories. We use this to compute the HH-geometric fixed points of tempered theories, showing that they vanish for HH nonabelian and admit a simple algebro-geometric model when HH is abelian, with identifiable blueshift properties.

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@article{arxiv.2603.17853,
  title  = {Ambidextrous global spectra and tempered cohomology},
  author = {William Balderrama and Jack Morgan Davies and Sil Linskens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.17853},
  year   = {2026}
}

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