English

Rational local systems and connected finite loop spaces

Algebraic Topology 2023-06-22 v2

Abstract

Greenlees has conjectured that the rational stable equivariant homotopy category of a compact Lie group always has an algebraic model. Based on this idea, we show that the category of rational local systems on a connected finite loop space always has a simple algebraic model. When the loop space arises from a connected compact Lie group, this recovers a special case of a result of Pol and Williamson about rational cofree GG-spectra. More generally, we show that if KK is a closed subgroup of a compact Lie group GG such that the Weyl group WGKW_GK is connected, then a certain category of rational GG-spectra `at KK' has an algebraic model. For example, when KK is the trivial group, this is just the category of rational cofree GG-spectra, and this recovers the aforementioned result. Throughout, we pay careful attention to the role of torsion and complete categories.

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@article{arxiv.2008.05881,
  title  = {Rational local systems and connected finite loop spaces},
  author = {Drew Heard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.05881},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

30 pages, comments welcome v2 updated to include reviewers comments. Version to appear in Glasgow Mathematical Journal

R2 v1 2026-06-23T17:50:07.308Z