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Complex Cobordism vs. Representing Formal Group Laws

Algebraic Topology 2016-06-06 v2

Abstract

We attempt to answer a question of D. C. Ravenel's: "Infinite loopspace theorists, where are you?", or more prosaically: Can one start from the notion of Ring Spectrum Representing [Formal Group Laws] (the functor) and arrive at Complex Cobordism? Our answer is a tentative "sort-of".

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@article{arxiv.1605.09252,
  title  = {Complex Cobordism vs. Representing Formal Group Laws},
  author = {Jesse C. McKeown},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.09252},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

12 p; minor corrections, new references

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