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Jeff Smith's Theory of Ideals

Algebraic Topology 2022-08-22 v2

Abstract

In 2006, Jeff Smith proposed a theory of ideals for rings in a triangulated symmetric monoidal category such as ring spectra or DGAs. We show that his definition is equivalent to a `central' RR-RR-bimodule map IR I \to R.

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@article{arxiv.2208.07941,
  title  = {Jeff Smith's Theory of Ideals},
  author = {Robert R. Bruner and Daniel C. Isaksen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.07941},
  year   = {2022}
}

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