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Allen Yuan

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arXiv2024

Maps between spherical group rings

We prove that for finitely generated abelian groups $A$ and $B$, the space of $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring maps between the spherical groups rings $\mathbb{S}[A] \to \mathbb{S}[B]$ is equivalent to the discrete set of group homomorphisms $A \to B$. We also prove generalizations where the sphere is replaced by other ring spectra, e.g. we give a formula for the strict units in group rings of the form $R[A]$ for $A$ a finite $p$-group and $R$ $p$-completely chromatically complete.

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arXiv2023

Relative cyclotomic structures and equivariant complex cobordism

We describe a structure on a commutative ring (pre)cyclotomic spectrum $R$ that gives rise to a (pre)cyclotomic structure on topological Hochschild homology ($THH$) relative to its underlying commutative ring spectrum. This lets us construct $TC$ relative to $R$, denoted $TC^{R}$, and we prove some descent results relating $TC^{R}$ and $TC$. We explore several examples of this structure on familiar $\mathbb{T}$-equivariant commutative ring spectra including the periodic $\mathbb{T}$-equivariant complex cobordism spectrum $MUP_{\mathbb{T}}$ and a new (connective) equivariant version of the complex cobordism spectrum $MU$.

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arXiv2023

$G$-spectra of cyclic defect

Brou\'{e}'s Abelian Defect Conjecture predicts interesting derived equivalences between derived categories of modular representations of finite groups. We investigate a generalization of Brou\'{e}'s Conjecture to ring spectrum coefficients and prove this generalization in the cyclic defect case, following an argument of Rouquier.

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arXiv2022

The sphere of semiadditive height 1

We construct a lift of the $p$-complete sphere to the universal height $1$ higher semiadditive stable $\infty$-category tsade-$1$ of Carmeli--Schlank--Yanovski, providing a counterexample, at height $1$, to their conjecture that the natural functor from tsade-$n$ to $\mathrm{Sp}_{T(n)}$ is an equivalence. We then record some consequences of the construction, including an observation of T. Schlank that this gives a conceptual proof of a classical theorem of Lee on the stable cohomotopy of Eilenberg--MacLane spaces.

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arXiv2022

The Chromatic Nullstellensatz

We show that Lubin--Tate theories attached to algebraically closed fields are characterized among $T(n)$-local $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-rings as those that satisfy an analogue of Hilbert's Nullstellensatz. Furthermore, we show that for every $T(n)$-local $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring $R$, the collection of $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring maps from $R$ to such Lubin-Tate theories jointly detect nilpotence. In particular, we deduce that every non-zero $T(n)$-local $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring $R$ admits an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring map to such a Lubin-Tate theory. As consequences, we construct $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$ complex orientations of algebraically closed Lubin-Tate theories, compute the strict Picard spectra of such Lubin-Tate theories, and prove redshift for the algebraic $\mathrm{K}$-theory of arbitrary $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-rings.

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arXiv2021

Examples of chromatic redshift in algebraic $K$-theory

We give a simple argument to detect chromatic redshift in the algebraic $K$-theory of $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring spectra and give two applications: we show for $n\geq 1$ that $K(E_n)$, the algebraic $K$-theory of any height $n$ Lubin-Tate theory, has nontrivial $T(n+1)$-localization, and that $K^{(n)}(k)$, the $n$-fold iterated algebraic $K$-theory of a field $k$ of characteristic different from $p$, has nontrivial $T(n)$-localization.

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arXiv2021

Integral Models for Spaces via the Higher Frobenius

We give a fully faithful integral model for spaces in terms of $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring spectra and the Nikolaus-Scholze Frobenius. The key technical input is the development of a homotopy coherent Frobenius action on a certain subcategory of $p$-complete $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-rings for each prime $p$. Using this, we show that the data of a simply connected finite complex $X$ is the data of its Spanier-Whitehead dual as an $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring together with a trivialization of the Frobenius action after completion at each prime. In producing the above Frobenius action, we explore two ideas which may be of independent interest. The first is a more general action of Frobenius in equivariant homotopy theory; we show that a version of Quillen's $Q$-construction acts on the $\infty$-category of $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-rings with "genuine equivariant multiplication," which we call global algebras. The second is a "pre-group-completed" variant of algebraic $K$-theory which we call partial $K$-theory. We develop the notion of partial $K$-theory and give a computation of the partial $K$-theory of $\mathbb{F}_p$ up to $p$-completion.

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arXiv2021

Chromatic convergence for the algebraic K-theory of the sphere spectrum

We show that the map from $K({\mathbb S})$ to its chromatic completion is a connective cover and identify the fiber in $K$-theoretic terms. We combine this with recent work of Land-Mathew-Meier-Tamme to prove a form of "Waldhausen's Chromatic Convergence Conjecture": we show that the map $K({\mathbb S}_{(p)})_{(p)}\to \mathop{\rm holim} K(L^{f}_{n}{\mathbb S})_{(p)}$ is the inclusion of a wedge summand.

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arXiv2021

Higher semiadditive Grothendieck-Witt theory and the $K(1)$-local sphere

We develop a higher semiadditive version of Grothendieck-Witt theory. We then apply the theory in the case of a finite field to study the higher semiadditive structure of the $K(1)$-local sphere at the prime $2$. As a further application, we compute and clarify certain power operations in the homotopy of the $K(1)$-local sphere.

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arXiv2019

Wilson Spaces, Snaith Constructions, and Elliptic Orientations

We construct a canonical family of even periodic $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-ring spectra, with exactly one member of the family for every prime $p$ and chromatic height $n$. At height $1$ our construction is due to Snaith, who built complex $K$-theory from $\mathbb{CP}^{\infty}$. At height $2$ we replace $\mathbb{CP}^{\infty}$ with a $p$-local retract of $\mathrm{BU} \langle 6 \rangle$, producing a new theory that orients elliptic, but not generic, height $2$ Morava $E$-theories. In general our construction exhibits a kind of redshift, whereby $\mathrm{BP}\langle n-1 \rangle$ is used to produce a height $n$ theory. A familiar sequence of Bocksteins, studied by Tamanoi, Ravenel, Wilson, and Yagita, relates the $K(n)$-localization of our height $n$ ring to work of Peterson and Westerland building $E_n^{hS\mathbb{G}^{\pm}}$ from $\mathrm{K}(\mathbb{Z},n+1)$.

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arXiv2019

Multiplicative Structure in the Stable Splitting of $ΩSL_n(\mathbb{C})$

The space of based loops in $SL_n(\mathbb{C})$, also known as the affine Grassmannian of $SL_n(\mathbb{C})$, admits an $\mathbb{E}_2$ or fusion product. Work of Mitchell and Richter proves that this based loop space stably splits as an infinite wedge sum. We prove that the Mitchell--Richter splitting is coherently multiplicative, but not $\mathbb{E}_2$. Nonetheless, we show that the splitting becomes $\mathbb{E}_2$ after base-change to complex cobordism. Our proof of the $\mathbb{A}_\infty$ splitting involves on the one hand an analysis of the multiplicative properties of Weiss calculus, and on the other a use of Beilinson--Drinfeld Grassmannians to verify a conjecture of Mahowald and Richter. Other results are obtained by explicit, obstruction-theoretic computations.

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arXiv2019

Exotic Multiplications on Periodic Complex Bordism

Victor Snaith gave a construction of periodic complex bordism by inverting the Bott element in the suspension spectrum of $BU$. This presents an $\mathbb{E}_\infty$ structure on periodic complex bordism by different means than the usual Thom spectrum definition of the $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-ring $MUP$. Here, we prove that these two $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-rings are in fact different, though the underlying $\mathbb{E}_2$-rings are equivalent. Nonetheless, we prove that both rings $\mathbb{E}_\infty$-orient $KU_2^{\wedge}$ and other forms of $K$-theory.

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arXiv2014

Irreducible Canonical Representations in Positive Characteristic

For $X$ a curve over a field of positive characteristic, we investigate when the canonical representation of $\text{Aut}(X)$ on $H^0(X, Ω_X)$ is irreducible. Any curve with an irreducible canonical representation must either be superspecial or ordinary. Having a small automorphism group is an obstruction to having irreducible canonical representation; with this motivation, the bulk of the paper is spent bounding the size of automorphism groups of superspecial and ordinary curves. After proving that all automorphisms of an $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$-maximal curve are defined over $\mathbb{F}_{q^2}$, we find all superspecial curves with $g > 82$ having an irreducible representation. In the ordinary case, we provide a bound on the size of the automorphism group of an ordinary curve that improves on a result of Nakajima.

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arXiv2014

Proof of a conjecture of Guy on class numbers

It is well known that for any prime $p\equiv 3$ (mod $4$), the class numbers of the quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{p})$ and $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-p})$, $h(p)$ and $h(-p)$ respectively, are odd. It is natural to ask whether there is a formula for $h(p)/h(-p)$ modulo powers of $2$. We show the formula $h(p) \equiv h(-p) m(p)$ (mod $16$), where $m(p)$ is an integer defined using the "negative" continued fraction expansion of $\sqrt{p}$. Our result solves a conjecture of Richard Guy.

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