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Realising formal groups
We show that a large class of formal groups can be realised functorially by
even periodic ring spectra. The main advance is in the construction of
morphisms, not of objects.Comment: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol3/agt-3-8.abs.htm
Gross-Hopkins duality
We give a new and simpler proof of a result of Hopkins and Gross relating
Brown-Comenetz duality to Spanier-Whitehead duality in the K(n)-local stable
homotopy category
K(n)-local duality for finite groups and groupoids
We define an inner product (suitably interpreted) on the K(n)-local spectrum
LG := L_{K(n)}BG_+, where G is a finite group or groupoid. This gives an inner
product on E^*BG_+ for suitable K(n)-local ring spectra E. We relate this to
the usual inner product on the representation ring when n=1, and to the
Hopkins-Kuhn-Ravenel generalised character theory. We show that LG is a
Frobenius algebra object in the K(n)-local stable category, and we recall the
connection between Frobenius algebras and topological quantum field theories to
help analyse this structure. In many places we find it convenient to use
groupoids rather than groups, and to assist with this we include a detailed
treatment of the homotopy theory of groupoids. We also explain some striking
formal similarities between our duality and Atiyah-Poincare duality for
manifolds.Comment: 37 pages; one included postscript figur
Morava E-theory of symmetric groups
We compute the completed E(n) cohomology of the classifying spaces of the
symmetric groups, and relate the answer to the theory of finite subgroups of
formal groups.Comment: To appear in Topolog
Common subbundles and intersections of divisors
Let V_0 and V_1 be complex vector bundles over a space X. We use the theory
of divisors on formal groups to give obstructions in generalised cohomology
that vanish when V_0 and V_1 can be embedded in a bundle U in such a way that
V_0\cap V_1 has dimension at least k everywhere. We study various algebraic
universal examples related to this question, and show that they arise from the
generalised cohomology of corresponding topological universal examples. This
extends and reinterprets earlier work on degeneracy classes in ordinary
cohomology or intersection theory.Comment: Published by Algebraic and Geometric Topology at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/agt/AGTVol2/agt-2-42.abs.htm
Complex cobordism of involutions
We give a simple and explicit presentation of the Z/2-equivariant complex
cobordism ring.Comment: Published by Geometry and Topology at
http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol5/paper11.abs.htm
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