Mackey functors and classical equivariant $K$-theory
Algebraic Topology
2025-08-18 v1 K-Theory and Homology
Abstract
We show that the spectral Mackey functors associated to the equivariant algebraic -theory spectra of Guillou-May and Merling (originally constructed using pointset models) can be described purely -categorically in terms of the monoidal Borel construction of Barwick-Glasman-Shah and Hilman. We moreover show how P\"utzst\"uck's global version of the Borel construction provides an analogous description of the global spectral Mackey functors arising from Schwede's global algebraic -theory spectra. Our arguments crucially rely on techniques from parametrized higher category theory as well as on structural results on global and equivariant -theory to avoid any explicit computations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2508.11525,
title = {Mackey functors and classical equivariant $K$-theory},
author = {Tobias Lenz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.11525},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
Theorem B was originally part of arXiv:2202.07272. 27 pages