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Drew Heard

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arXiv2026

The tensor triangular geometry of valuation domains

We study the tensor triangular geometry of derived categories of valuation domains, obtaining complete ring-theoretic characterizations of their main structural properties. In particular, although valuation domains are almost always non-noetherian, their derived categories always satisfy the local-to-global principle and hence the detection property. We establish precise criteria for homological detection, stratification, and homological stratification, revealing a clear hierarchy among these properties. Notably, we obtain examples of derived categories of commutative rings that are homologically stratified and satisfy the local-to-global principle, but are not stratified. We also determine when the category of modules over a valuation domain has Gabriel dimension, and use this to provide a negative answer to a question of Balchin, Gómez and Stevenson. Overall, valuation domains provide a rich class of non-noetherian rings whose derived categories can be understood in considerable depth.

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arXiv2026

A non-spatial frame of smashing ideals

We construct commutative rings whose derived categories have non-spatial frames of smashing ideals, thereby answering in the negative questions of Balchin--Stevenson and Aoki.

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arXiv2026

The formal spectrum of a tensor-triangulated category

To any essentially small tensor-triangulated category $\mathcal{K}$ and Thomason subset $Y \subseteq \mathrm{Spc}(\mathcal{K})$ we associate a ringed space $(\mathrm{Spf}(\mathcal{K},Y), \mathcal{O}_{\mathrm{Spf}(\mathcal{K},Y)}),$ called the formal spectrum of $(\mathcal{K},Y)$. We establish basic properties of this construction and compute it in several examples from algebraic geometry, chromatic homotopy theory, equivariant homotopy theory, and modular representation theory.

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arXiv2026

Local Bousfield classes via homological support

Given an object $A$ in a big tensor-triangulated category, we study the homological and cohomological Bousfield classes of the associated localization: the tensor-triangulated category of $A$-local objects. We show that the homological support classifies the homological Bousfield classes of the $A$-local category precisely when an $A$-relative form of the homological detection property holds. Moreover, we prove that this holds if and only if $A$ is Bousfield equivalent to a coproduct of homological residue fields. The analogous classification of cohomological Bousfield classes by homological cosupport is strictly stronger: it is equivalent to an $A$-relative form of homological stratification. This equivalence between stratification and the classification of cohomological Bousfield classes is new even in the absolute case. A further surprise is that stratification is also equivalent to the classification of homological Bousfield classes together with the statement that every cohomological Bousfield class is homological. Applied to chromatic homotopy theory, these results classify the homological Bousfield classes of any localization of spectra with respect to a coproduct of Morava $K$-theories. This covers many localizations of interest. We also completely characterize when such chromatic localizations are relatively homologically stratified. This yields new examples of cohomological Bousfield classes that are not homological. In particular, it answers a question of Wolcott concerning the category of harmonic spectra. Our examples are produced by exhibiting local spectra with empty homological cosupport.

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arXiv2026

A point-free approach to the Nakaoka spectrum of a Tambara functor

For $G$ a finite group and $T$ a $G$-Tambara functor, we construct the frame $\mathop{RadId}_G(T)$ of radical Tambara ideals and show that its points are the Nakaoka primes. We show that this frame is spatial and coherent, and deduce that the Nakaoka spectrum is a spectral space, recovering a recent result of Chan and Spitz.

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arXiv2026

Homological stratification and descent

We introduce a notion of stratification for rigidly-compactly generated tensor-triangulated categories relative to the homological spectrum and develop the fundamental features of this theory. In particular, we demonstrate that it exhibits excellent descent properties. In conjunction with Balmer's Nerves of Steel conjecture, we conclude that stratification admits a general form of descent. This gives a uniform treatment of several recent stratification results and provides a complete answer to the question: When does stratification descend? As a new application, we extend earlier work on the tensor triangular geometry of equivariant module spectra from finite groups to compact Lie groups.

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arXiv2025

The spectrum of excisive functors

We prove a thick subcategory theorem for the category of $d$-excisive functors from finite spectra to spectra. This generalizes the Hopkins-Smith thick subcategory theorem (the $d=1$ case) and the $C_2$-equivariant thick subcategory theorem (the $d=2$ case). We obtain our classification theorem by completely computing the Balmer spectrum of compact $d$-excisive functors. A key ingredient is a non-abelian blueshift theorem for the generalized Tate construction associated to the family of non-transitive subgroups of products of symmetric groups. Also important are the techniques of tensor triangular geometry and striking analogies between functor calculus and equivariant homotopy theory. In particular, we introduce a functor calculus analogue of the Burnside ring and describe its Zariski spectrum à la Dress. The analogy with equivariant homotopy theory is strengthened further through two applications: We explain the effect of changing coefficients from spectra to ${\mathrm{H}\mathbb{Z}}$-modules and we establish a functor calculus analogue of transchromatic Smith-Floyd theory as developed by Kuhn-Lloyd. Our work offers a new perspective on functor calculus which builds upon the previous approaches of Arone-Ching and Glasman.

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arXiv2024

Quillen stratification in equivariant homotopy theory

We prove a version of Quillen's stratification theorem in equivariant homotopy theory for a finite group $G$, generalizing the classical theorem in two directions. Firstly, we work with arbitrary commutative equivariant ring spectra as coefficients, and secondly, we categorify it to a result about equivariant modules. Our general stratification theorem is formulated in the language of equivariant tensor-triangular geometry, which we show to be tightly controlled by the non-equivariant tensor-triangular geometry of the geometric fixed points. We then apply our methods to the case of Borel-equivariant Lubin--Tate $E$-theory $\underline{E_n}$, for any finite height $n$ and any finite group $G$, where we obtain a sharper theorem in the form of cohomological stratification. In particular, this provides a computation of the Balmer spectrum as well as a cohomological parametrization of all localizing $\otimes$-ideals of the category of equivariant modules over $\underline{E_n}$, thereby establishing a finite height analogue of the work of Benson, Iyengar, and Krause in modular representation theory.

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arXiv2024

On surjectivity in tensor triangular geometry

We prove that a jointly conservative family of geometric functors between rigidly-compactly generated tensor triangulated categories induces a surjective map on Balmer spectra. From this we deduce a fiberwise criterion for Balmer's comparison map to be a continuous bijection. This gives short alternative proofs of the Hopkins--Neeman theorem and its generalization, due to Lau, to the case of a finite group acting trivially on an affine scheme.

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arXiv2024

Invertible objects in Franke's comodule categories

We study the Picard group of Franke's category of quasi-periodic $E_0E$-comodules for $E$ a 2-periodic Landweber exact cohomology theory of height $n$ such as Morava $E$-theory, showing that for $2p-2 > n^2+n$, this group is infinite cyclic, generated by the suspension of the unit. This is analogous to, but independent of, the corresponding calculations by Hovey and Sadofsky in the $E$-local stable homotopy category. We also give a computation of the Picard group of $I_n$-complete quasi-periodic $E_0E$-comodules when $E$ is Morava $E$-theory, as studied by Barthel--Schlank--Stapleton for $2p-2 \ge n^2$ and $p-1 \nmid n$, and compare this to the Picard group of the $K(n)$-local stable homotopy category, showing that they agree up to extension.

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arXiv2023

Stratification in tensor triangular geometry with applications to spectral Mackey functors

We systematically develop a theory of stratification in the context of tensor triangular geometry and apply it to classify the localizing tensor-ideals of certain categories of spectral $G$-Mackey functors for all finite groups $G$. Our theory of stratification is based on the approach of Stevenson which uses the Balmer-Favi notion of big support for tensor-triangulated categories whose Balmer spectrum is weakly noetherian. We clarify the role of the local-to-global principle and establish that the Balmer-Favi notion of support provides the universal approach to weakly noetherian stratification. This provides a uniform new perspective on existing classifications in the literature and clarifies the relation with the theory of Benson-Iyengar-Krause. Our systematic development of this approach to stratification, involving a reduction to local categories and the ability to pass through finite étale extensions, may be of independent interest. Moreover, we strengthen the relationship between stratification and the telescope conjecture. The starting point for our equivariant applications is the recent computation by Patchkoria-Sanders-Wimmer of the Balmer spectrum of the category of derived Mackey functors, which was found to capture precisely the height $0$ and height $\infty$ chromatic layers of the spectrum of the equivariant stable homotopy category. We similarly study the Balmer spectrum of the category of $E(n)$-local spectral Mackey functors noting that it bijects onto the height $\le n$ chromatic layers of the spectrum of the equivariant stable homotopy category; conjecturally the topologies coincide. Despite our incomplete knowledge of the topology of the Balmer spectrum, we are able to completely classify the localizing tensor-ideals of these categories of spectral Mackey functors.

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arXiv2023

Descent in tensor triangular geometry

We investigate to what extent we can descend the classification of localizing, smashing and thick ideals in a presentably symmetric monoidal stable $\infty$-category $\mathscr{C}$ along a descendable commutative algebra $A$. We establish equalizer diagrams relating the lattices of localizing and smashing ideals of $\mathscr{C}$ to those of $\mathrm{Mod}_{A}(\mathscr{C})$ and $\mathrm{Mod}_{A\otimes A}(\mathscr{C})$. If $A$ is compact, we obtain a similar equalizer for the lattices of thick ideals which, via Stone duality, yields a coequalizer diagram of Balmer spectra in the category of spectral spaces. We then give conditions under which the telescope conjecture and stratification descend from $\mathrm{Mod}_{A}(\mathscr{C})$ to $\mathscr{C}$. The utility of these results is demonstrated in the case of faithful Galois extensions in tensor triangular geometry.

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arXiv2023

Cosupport in tensor triangular geometry

We develop a theory of cosupport and costratification in tensor triangular geometry. We study the geometric relationship between support and cosupport, provide a conceptual foundation for cosupport as categorically dual to support, and discover surprising relations between the theory of costratification and the theory of stratification. We prove that many categories in algebra, topology and geometry are costratified by developing and applying descent techniques. An overarching theme is that cosupport is relevant for diverse questions in tensor triangular geometry and that a full understanding of a category requires knowledge of both its support and its cosupport.

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arXiv2023

Stratification and the comparison between homological and tensor triangular support

We compare the homological support and tensor triangular support for `big' objects in a rigidly-compactly generated tensor triangulated category. We prove that the comparison map from the homological spectrum to the tensor triangular spectrum is a bijection and that the two notions of support coincide whenever the category is stratified, extending work of Balmer. Moreover, we clarify the relations between salient properties of support functions and exhibit counter-examples highlighting the differences between homological and tensor triangular support.

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arXiv2022

The $\mathop{Sp}_{k,n}$-local stable homotopy category

Following a suggestion of Hovey and Strickland, we study the category of $K(k) \vee K(k+1) \vee \cdots \vee K(n)$-local spectra. When $k = 0$, this is equivalent to the category of $E(n)$-local spectra, while for $k = n$, this is the category of $K(n)$-local spectra, both of which have been studied in detail by Hovey and Strickland. Based on their ideas, we classify the localizing and colocalizing subcategories, and give characterizations of compact and dualizable objects. We construct an Adams type spectral sequence and show that when $p \gg n$ it collapses with a horizontal vanishing line above filtration degree $n^2+n-k$ at the $E_2$-page for the sphere spectrum. We then study the Picard group of $K(k) \vee K(k+1) \vee \cdots \vee K(n)$-local spectra, showing that this group is algebraic, in a suitable sense, when $p \gg n$. We also consider a version of Gross--Hopkins duality in this category. A key concept throughout is the use of descent.

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arXiv2022

On conjectures of Hovey--Strickland and Chai

We prove the height two case of a conjecture of Hovey and Strickland that provides a $K(n)$-local analogue of the Hopkins--Smith thick subcategory theorem. Our approach first reduces the general conjecture to a problem in arithmetic geometry posed by Chai. We then use the Gross--Hopkins period map to verify Chai's Hope at height two and all primes. Along the way, we show that the graded commutative ring of completed cooperations for Morava $E$-theory is coherent, and that every finitely generated Morava module can be realized by a $K(n)$-local spectrum as long as $2p-2>n^2+n$. Finally, we deduce consequences of our results for descent of Balmer spectra.

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arXiv2021

On stratification for spaces with Noetherian mod $p$ cohomology

Let $X$ be a topological space with Noetherian mod $p$ cohomology and let $C^*(X;\mathbb{F}_p)$ be the commutative ring spectrum of $\mathbb{F}_p$-valued cochains on $X$. The goal of this paper is to exhibit conditions under which the category of module spectra on $C^*(X;\mathbb{F}_p)$ is stratified in the sense of Benson, Iyengar, Krause, providing a classification of all its localizing subcategories. We establish stratification in this sense for classifying spaces of a large class of topological groups including Kac--Moody groups as well as whenever $X$ admits an $H$-space structure. More generally, using Lannes' theory we prove that stratification for $X$ is equivalent to a condition that generalizes Chouinard's theorem for finite groups. In particular, this relates the generalized telescope conjecture in this setting to a question in unstable homotopy theory.

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arXiv2021

The topological nilpotence degree of a Noetherian unstable algebra

We investigate the topological nilpotence degree, in the sense of Henn-Lannes-Schwartz, of a connected Noetherian unstable algebra $R$. When $R$ is the mod $p$ cohomology ring of a compact Lie group, Kuhn showed how this invariant is controlled by centralizers of elementary abelian $p$-subgroups. By replacing centralizers of elementary abelian $p$-subgroups with components of Lannes' $T$-functor, and utilizing the techniques of unstable algebras over the Steenrod algebra, we are able to generalize Kuhn's result to a large class of connected Noetherian unstable algebras. We show how this generalizes Kuhn's result to more general classes of groups, such as groups of finite virtual cohomological dimension, profinite groups, and Kac-Moody groups. In fact, our results apply much more generally, for example, we establish results for $p$-local compact groups in the sense of Broto-Levi-Oliver, for connected $H$-spaces with Noetherian mod $p$ cohomology, and for the Borel equivariant cohomology of a compact Lie group acting on a manifold. Along the way we establish several results of independent interest. For example, we formulate and prove a version of Carlson's depth conjecture in the case of a Noetherian unstable algebra of minimal depth.

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