Real spin bordism and orientations of topological $\mathrm{K}$-theory
Algebraic Topology
2025-08-14 v2 K-Theory and Homology
Abstract
We construct a commutative orthogonal -ring spectrum, , along with a --orientation of Atiyah's Real K-theory. Further, we define -maps and , which are used to recover the three well-known orientations of topological -theory, , , and , from the map . We also show that the integrality of the -genus on spin manifolds provides an obstruction for the fixed points to be equivalent to , using the Mackey functor structure of . In particular, the usual map does not arise as the inclusion of fixed points for any --ring spectrum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2405.00963,
title = {Real spin bordism and orientations of topological $\mathrm{K}$-theory},
author = {Zachary Halladay and Yigal Kamel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.00963},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
v2: 27 pages, a few minor edits; accepted version, to appear in Transactions of the American Mathematical Society