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The slice spectral sequence for the $C_{4}$ analog of real $K$-theory

Algebraic Topology 2016-02-04 v2

Abstract

We describe the slice spectral sequence of a 32-periodic C4C_{4}-spectrum K[2]K_{[2]} related to the C4C_{4} norm NC2C4MUR{N_{C_{2}}^{C_{4}}MU_{\bf R}} of the real cobordism spectrum MURMU_{\bf R}. We will give it as a spectral sequence of Mackey functors converging to the graded Mackey functor πK[2]\underline{\pi }_{*}K_{[2]}, complete with differentials and exotic extensions in the Mackey functor structure. The slice spectral sequence for the 8-periodic real KK-theory spectrum KRK_{\bf R} was first analyzed by Dugger. The C8C_{8} analog of K[2]K_{[2]} is 256-periodic and detects the Kervaire invariant classes θj\theta_{j} in the stable homotopy groups of spheres. A partial analysis of its slice spectral sequence led to the solution to the Kervaire invariant problem, namely the theorem that θj\theta_{j} does not exist for j7j\geq 7.

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@article{arxiv.1502.07611,
  title  = {The slice spectral sequence for the $C_{4}$ analog of real $K$-theory},
  author = {Michael A. Hill and Michael J. Hopkins and Douglas C. Ravenel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.07611},
  year   = {2016}
}

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82 pages, 4 tables and 17 figures, some using color