The classification of endotrivial complexes
Abstract
Let be a finite group and a field of prime characteristic . We give a complete classification of endotrivial complexes, i.e. determine the Picard group of the tensor-triangulated category , the bounded homotopy category of -permutation modules, which Balmer and Gallauer recently considered. For -groups, we identify with the rational -biset functor of Borel-Smith functions and recover a short exact sequence of rational -biset functors constructed by Bouc and Yal\c{c}in. As a consequence, we prove that every -permutation autoequivalence of a -group arises from a splendid Rickard autoequivalence. Additionally, we give a positive answer to a question of Gelvin and Yal\c{c}in, showing the kernel of the Bouc homomorphism for an arbitrary finite group is described by superclass functions satisfying the oriented Artin-Borel-Smith conditions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2403.04088,
title = {The classification of endotrivial complexes},
author = {Sam K. Miller},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04088},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
26 pages. v3: Added an observation by M. Gallauer that induction of endotrivial complexes arises from the topological norm map. Accepted version, to appear in Adv. Math