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The Brown-Peterson spectrum is not $\mathbb{E}_{2(p^2+2)}$ at odd primes

Algebraic Topology 2022-07-20 v2

Abstract

We show that the odd-primary Brown-Peterson spectrum BP\mathrm{BP} does not admit the structure of an E2(p2+2)\mathbb{E}_{2(p^2+2)} ring spectrum and that there can be no map MUBP\mathrm{MU} \to \mathrm{BP} of E2p+3\mathbb{E}_{2p+3} ring spectra. We also prove the same results for truncated Brown-Peterson spectra BPn\mathrm{BP} \langle n \rangle of height n4n \geq 4. This extends results of Lawson at the prime 22.

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@article{arxiv.1710.09822,
  title  = {The Brown-Peterson spectrum is not $\mathbb{E}_{2(p^2+2)}$ at odd primes},
  author = {Andrew Senger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.09822},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

v2: Errors corrected and exposition improved. 28 pages