Orbital presheaves in equivariant infinite loop space theory
Algebraic Topology
2026-07-13 v1
Abstract
Let be a finite group. Using a new kind of operad, we axiomatize and explore an infinite loop space machine that constructs (genuine) -spectra from suitably structured functors on orbital presheaves, which are just contravariant functors from the orbit category of to based spaces. The theory leads unexpectedly to a new operadic description of Mackey functors and hence to a definition of ``topological Mackey functors" and a construction of their associated -spectra. It also leads to Picard -spectra, Azumaya ring -spectra, and Brauer -spectra. These constructions raise many unanswered questions.
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@article{arxiv.2607.12141,
title = {Orbital presheaves in equivariant infinite loop space theory},
author = {Hana Jia Kong and J. Peter May and Foling Zou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.12141},
year = {2026}
}
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50 pages