Some notes on tensor triangular geometry
Abstract
These are notes from the lectures I gave at the Oberwolfach seminar `Tensor Triangular Geometry and Interactions' which was held in October 2025. The aim of these notes is to give an introduction to tensor triangular geometry, for both small and large categories, through the lens of lattice theory. We do not try to be exhaustive and this is reflected in both the content and the bibliography. For instance we are quite light on triangulated preliminaries, especially for compactly generated categories. The first three sections treat the essentially small case and conclude with a tensor triangular proof of Thomason's theorem computing the spectrum of the perfect complexes on a quasi-compact and quasi-separated scheme. The last section treats the compactly generated case. This final section is somewhat experimental and contains some new thoughts.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2602.08480,
title = {Some notes on tensor triangular geometry},
author = {Greg Stevenson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.08480},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
The manuscript is 58 pages and comments are welcome. This is a preview of a somewhat expanded version of the notes to appear in the Oberwolfach Seminars series published by Birkh\"auser (the numbering will be stable across the two versions)