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Equivariant Framed 1-Manifolds and the Pontryagin-Thom Isomorphism

Algebraic Topology 2026-05-21 v2

Abstract

The Pontryagin-Thom theorem gives an isomorphism between the cobordism group of framed nn-dimensional manifolds, ωn\omega_n, and the nthn^{th} stable homotopy group of the sphere spectrum, πn(S)\pi_n(\mathbb{S}). The equivariant analogue of this theorem, gives an isomorphism between the equivariant cobordism group of VV-framed GG-manifolds, ωVG\omega_V^G, and the VthV^{th} equivariant stable homotopy group of the GG-sphere spectrum, πVG(S)\pi_V^G(\mathbb{S}), for a finite group GG and a GG-representation, VV. In this paper, we explicitly identify the images of each element of ω1C2\omega_1^{C_2} and ωσC2\omega_\sigma^{C_2} in π1C2(S)\pi_1^{C_2}(\mathbb{S}) and πσC2(S)\pi_\sigma^{C_2}(\mathbb{S}) under the equivariant Pontryagin-Thom isomorphism.

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@article{arxiv.2510.13877,
  title  = {Equivariant Framed 1-Manifolds and the Pontryagin-Thom Isomorphism},
  author = {Lucas Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.13877},
  year   = {2026}
}

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15 pages, final version, to appear in Proceedings of the AMS