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Picard groups of quotient ring spectra

Algebraic Topology 2026-03-02 v2

Abstract

We develop tools to study Picard groups of quotients of ring spectra by a finitely generated ideal, which we use to show that Pic(En/I)=Z/2\mathrm{Pic}(\mathrm{E}_n/I) = \mathbb{Z}/2, where En\mathrm{E}_n is a Lubin--Tate theory and II is an ideal generated by suitable powers of a regular sequence. We apply this to obtain spectral sequences computing Picard groups of K(n)\mathrm{K}(n)-local generalized Moore algebras, and make some preliminary computations including the height 11 case.

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@article{arxiv.2509.16695,
  title  = {Picard groups of quotient ring spectra},
  author = {Ishan Levy and Guchuan Li and Ningchuan Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.16695},
  year   = {2026}
}

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22 pages. To appear in the Journal of Topology. Comments welcome!