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On the ER(2) cohomology of some odd dimensional projective spaces

Algebraic Topology 2015-01-26 v3

Abstract

Kitchloo and Wilson have used the homotopy fixed points spectrum ER(2) of the classical complex-oriented Johnson-Wilson spectrum E(2) to deduce certain non-immmersion results for real projective spaces. ER(n) is a 2n+2(2n1)2^{n+2}(2^n-1)-periodic spectrum. The key result to use is the existence of a stable cofibration Σλ(n)ER(n)ER(n)E(n)\Sigma^{\lambda(n)}ER(n) \rightarrow ER(n) \rightarrow E(n) connecting the real Johnson-Wilson spectrum with the classical one. The value of λ(n)\lambda(n) is 22n+12n+2+12^{2n+1}-2^{n+2}+1. We extend Kitchloo-Wilson's results on non-immersions of real projective spaces by computing the second real Johnson-Wilson cohomology ER(2) of the odd-dimensional real projective spaces RP16K+9RP^{16K+9}. This enables us to solve certain non-immersion problems of projective spaces using obstructions in ER(2)-cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.1204.4091,
  title  = {On the ER(2) cohomology of some odd dimensional projective spaces},
  author = {Romie Banerjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.4091},
  year   = {2015}
}