Abstract
The project of Greenlees et al. on understanding rational G-spectra in terms of algebraic categories has had many successes, classifying rational G-spectra for finite groups, SO(2), O(2), SO(3), free and cofree G-spectra as well as rational toral G-spectra for arbitrary compact Lie groups.
This paper provides an introduction to the subject in two parts. The first discusses rational G-Mackey functors, the action of the Burnside ring and change of group functors. It gives a complete proof of the well-known classification of rational Mackey functors for finite G. The second part discusses the methods and tools from equivariant stable homotopy theory needed to obtain algebraic models for rational G-spectra. It gives a summary of the key steps in the classification of rational G-spectrain terms of a symmetric monoidal algebraic category.
Having these two parts in the same place allows one to clearly see the analogy between the algebraic and topological classifications.
This paper provides an introduction to the subject in two parts. The first discusses rational G-Mackey functors, the action of the Burnside ring and change of group functors. It gives a complete proof of the well-known classification of rational Mackey functors for finite G. The second part discusses the methods and tools from equivariant stable homotopy theory needed to obtain algebraic models for rational G-spectra. It gives a summary of the key steps in the classification of rational G-spectrain terms of a symmetric monoidal algebraic category.
Having these two parts in the same place allows one to clearly see the analogy between the algebraic and topological classifications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Equivariant Topology and Derived Algebra |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 119-179 |
| Number of pages | 61 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108931946 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2021 |