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An algebraic model for rational ultracommutative rings

Algebraic Topology 2026-05-11 v2

Abstract

Given a global equivariant ultracommutative ring spectrum EE and inclusion HGH\hookrightarrow G of finite groups, one may apply geometric fixed points to the norm NHGEHEGN_H^G E_H \to E_G to obtain what we call a \emph{geometric norm} ΦHEΦGE\Phi^H E \to \Phi^G E. We prove that, together with inflations, these assemble into a functor Φ ⁣:UComfinFun(Span(G,E,O),CAlg)\Phi\colon\mathrm{UCom}_{\mathrm{fin}} \to \mathrm{Fun}(\mathrm{Span}(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{E},\mathcal{O}),\mathrm{CAlg}), where Span(G,E,O)\mathrm{Span}(\mathcal{G},\mathcal{E},\mathcal{O}) is the span category of finite connected groupoids with full backwards maps and faithful forwards maps, and that Φ\Phi restricts to an equivalence between full subcategories of rational objects. Central to our construction is a refinement of geometric fixed points to a natural transformation Φ ⁣:SpFun(Orb,Sp)\Phi\colon \mathrm{Sp}_\bullet\to\mathrm{Fun}(\mathrm{Orb}_\bullet^\simeq,\mathrm{Sp}) which is compatible with restrictions and norms, and which restricts to an equivalence on full subcategories of rational objects. We explain how this may also be used to recover theorems of Barrero--Barthel--Pol--Strickland--Williamson and Wimmer on algebraic models for rational global spectra and normed GG-commutative ring spectra respectively.

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@article{arxiv.2605.06515,
  title  = {An algebraic model for rational ultracommutative rings},
  author = {William Balderrama and Jack Morgan Davies and Sil Linskens},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.06515},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

v2: fixed references, 18 pages, comments welcome

R2 v1 2026-07-01T12:55:30.986Z