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Profinite equivariant spectra and their tensor-triangular geometry

Algebraic Topology 2024-01-04 v1 Category Theory Representation Theory

Abstract

We study the tensor-triangular geometry of the category of equivariant GG-spectra for GG a profinite group, SpG\mathsf{Sp}_G. Our starting point is the construction of a ``continuous'' model for this category, which we show agrees with all other models in the literature. We describe the Balmer spectrum of finite GG-spectra up to the ambiguity that is present in the finite group case; in particular, we obtain a thick subcategory theorem when GG is abelian. By verifying the bijectivity hypothesis for SpG\mathsf{Sp}_G, we prove a nilpotence theorem for all profinite groups. Our study then moves to the realm of rational GG-equivariant spectra. By exploiting the continuity of our model, we construct an equivalence between the category of rational GG-spectra and the algebraic model of the second author and Sugrue, which improves their result to the symmetric monoidal and \infty-categorical level. Furthermore, we prove that the telescope conjecture holds in this category. Finally, we characterize when the category of rational GG-spectra is stratified, resulting in a classification of the localizing ideals in terms of conjugacy classes of subgroups. To facilitate these results, we develop some foundational aspects of pro-tt-geometry. For instance, we establish and use the continuity of the homological spectrum and introduce a notion of von Neumann regular tt-categories, of which rational GG-spectra is an example.

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@article{arxiv.2401.01878,
  title  = {Profinite equivariant spectra and their tensor-triangular geometry},
  author = {Scott Balchin and David Barnes and Tobias Barthel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.01878},
  year   = {2024}
}

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88 pages, all comments welcome!

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