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Nathaniel Stapleton

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arXiv2017

The character of the total power operation

In this paper we compute the total power operation for the Morava $E$-theory of any finite group up to torsion. Our formula is stated in terms of the $GL_n(Q_p)$-action on the Drinfeld ring of full level structures on the formal group associated to $E$-theory. It can be specialized to give explicit descriptions of many classical operations. Moreover, we show that the character map of Hopkins, Kuhn, and Ravenel from $E$-theory to $GL_n(Z_p)$-invariant generalized class functions is a natural transformation of global power functors on finite groups.

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arXiv2016

A canonical lift of Frobenius in Morava E-theory

We prove that the $p$th Hecke operator on the Morava $E$-cohomology of a space is congruent to the Frobenius mod $p$. This is a generalization of the fact that the $p$th Adams operation on the complex $K$-theory of a space is congruent to the Frobenius mod $p$. The proof implies that the $p$th Hecke operator may be used to test Rezk's congruence criterion.

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arXiv2014

Centralizers in good groups are good

We modify the transchromatic character maps to land in a faithfully flat extension of Morava E-theory. Our construction makes use of the interaction between topological and algebraic localization and completion. As an application we prove that centralizers of tuples of commuting prime-power order elements in good groups are good and we compute a new example.

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arXiv2014

A transchromatic proof of Strickland's theorem

In "Morava E-theory of symmetric groups", Strickland proved that the Morava E-theory of the symmetric group has an algebro-geometric interpretation after taking the quotient by a certain transfer ideal. This result has influenced most of the work on power operations in Morava E-theory and provides an important calculational tool. In this paper we give a new proof of this result as well as a generalization by using transchromatic character theory. The character maps are used to reduce Strickland's result to representation theory.

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arXiv2013

A Relative Lubin-Tate Theorem via Meromorphic Formal Geometry

We formulate a theory of punctured affine formal schemes, suitable for certain problems within algebraic topology. As an application, we show that the Morava K-theoretic localizations of Morava E-theory corepresent a version of the Lubin-Tate moduli problem in this framework.

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arXiv2013

An introduction to HKR character theory

The generalized character theory of Hopkins, Kuhn, and Ravenel is an important tool in the study of Morava E-theory and higher height phenomena in chromatic homotopy theory. In this paper, we provide an introduction to HKR character theory with many examples, applications, and alternative points of view.

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arXiv2013

Subgroups of p-divisible groups and centralizers in symmetric groups

For cohomology theories closely related to Morava E-theory, we provide an algebro-geometric interpretation of the cohomology of groups that arise as centralizers of tuples of commuting elements inside of symmetric groups. The interpretation is given in terms of the connected components of the scheme that classifies subgroup schemes of a particular p-divisible group.

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arXiv2013

Transchromatic twisted character maps

Refinements of the transchromatic generalized character maps are constructed by taking into account the torus action on the inertia groupoid (also known as the Fix functor). The relationship between this construction and the geometry of p-divisible groups is made precise.

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