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Grothendieck-Neeman duality and the Wirthm\"uller isomorphism

Category Theory 2019-02-20 v2 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology K-Theory and Homology Representation Theory

Abstract

We clarify the relationship between Grothendieck duality \`a la Neeman and the Wirthm\"uller isomorphism \`a la Fausk-Hu-May. We exhibit an interesting pattern of symmetry in the existence of adjoint functors between compactly generated tensor-triangulated categories, which leads to a surprising trichotomy: There exist either exactly three adjoints, exactly five, or infinitely many. We highlight the importance of so-called relative dualizing objects and explain how they give rise to dualities on canonical subcategories. This yields a duality theory rich enough to capture the main features of Grothendieck duality in algebraic geometry, of generalized Pontryagin-Matlis duality \`a la Dwyer-Greenlees-Iyengar in the theory of ring spectra, and of Brown-Comenetz duality \`a la Neeman in stable homotopy theory.

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@article{arxiv.1501.01999,
  title  = {Grothendieck-Neeman duality and the Wirthm\"uller isomorphism},
  author = {Paul Balmer and Ivo Dell'Ambrogio and Beren Sanders},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.01999},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

36 pages. Minor revision due to referee's comments. Added Examples 3.27, 4.8 & 4.9. To appear in Compositio Math