Real Global Group Laws and Hu-Kriz Maps

Abstract

Recently, Hausmann defined global group laws and used them to prove that $MU^G_*$ is the $G$-equivariant Lazard ring, for $G$ a compact abelian Lie group. On the other hand, Hu and Kriz showed that the restriction map induces an isomorphism $M \mathbb{R}^{C_2}_{\rho *} \cong MU_{2*}$. In this paper, we blend these stories. We utilize the $C_2$-global spectrum $\mathbf{MR}$ defined by Schwede in an unpublished note, which gives rise to a genuine $G$-spectrum $M \mathbb{R}_\eta$ for each augmented compact Lie groups $\eta: G\to C_2$, simultaneously generalizing $MU_G$ and $M \mathbb{R}$. In the case of semi-direct product augmentations $G \rtimes C_2\to C_2$ with $G$ compact abelian Lie and $C_2$ acting by inversion, we show that the restriction along the inclusion $G \subset G \rtimes C_2$ is a split surjection $M \mathbb{R}^{G \rtimes C_2}_{\rho *} \rightarrow MU^{G}_{2*}$. Additionally, we propose an evenness conjecture, which implies that this map is an isomorphism. Along the way, we define Real $\eta$-orientations, Real global orientations, and corresponding notions of equivariant and global group laws.