Let MS_2 be the p-primary second Morava stabilizer group, C a supersingular elliptic curve over \br{FF}_p, O the ring of endomorphisms of C, and \ell a topological generator of Z_p^x (respectively Z_2^x/{+-1} if p = 2). We show that for p > 2 the group Γ\subseteq O[1/\ell]^x of quasi-endomorphisms of degree a power of \ell is dense in MS_2. For p = 2, we show that Γis dense in an index 2 subgroup of MS_2.
The Morava stabilizer groups play a dominating role in chromatic stable ho-motopy theory. In fact, for suitable spectra X, for example all finite spectra, thechromatic homotopy type of X at chromatic level n \textgreater{} 0 and a given prime p islargely controlled by the continuous cohomology of a certain p-adic Lie group Gn,in stable homotopy theory known under the name of Morava stabilizer group oflevel n at p, with coefficients in the corresponding Morava module (En)$\star$X.
We compute recursive approximations of the action of the height $h \geq 2$ Morava stabilizer group on the associated Lubin-Tate deformation ring. We then specialize to the case $h=3$ and $p>2$ to calculate the action explicitly. These results are new for $h>2$ and agree with computations by Lader at height $h=2$.
Oka and the second author considered the cohomology of the second Morava stabilizer algebra to study nontriviality of the products of beta elements of the stable homotopy groups of spheres. In this paper, we use the cohomology of the third Morava stabilizer algebra to find nontrivial products of Greek letters of the stable homotopy groups of spheres: $\al_1\ga_t$, $\be_2\ga_t$, $\lrk{\al_1,\al_1,\be_{p/p}^p}\ga_t\be_1$ and $\lrk{\be_1,p,\ga_t}$ for $t$ with $p\nmid t(t^2-1)$ for a prime number $p>5$.
We compute the continuous cohomology of the Morava stabilizer group with coefficients in Morava $E$-theory, $H^*(\mathbb{G}_2, E_t)$, at $p=2$, for $0\leq t < 12$, using the Algebraic Duality Spectral Sequence. Furthermore, in that same range, we compute the $d_3$-differentials in the homotopy fixed point spectral sequence for the $K(2)$-local sphere spectrum. These cohomology groups and differentials play a central role in $K(2)$-local stable homotopy theory.
The problem addressed is the classification up to conjugation of the finite subgroups of the (classical) Morava stabilizer group S_n and the extended Morava stabilizer group G_n(u) associated to a formal group law F of height n over the field F_p of p elements. A complete classification in S_n is provided for any n and p. Furthermore, we show that the classification in the extended group also depends on F and its associated unit u in the ring of p-adic integers. We provide a theoretical framework for the classification in G_n(u), we give necessary and sufficient conditions on n, p and u for th…
This is an announcement of some new computational methods in stable homotopy theory, in particular, methods for using the cohomology of small-height Morava stabilizer groups to compute the cohomology of large-height Morava stabilizer groups. As an application, the cohomology of the height four Morava stabilizer group is computed at large primes (its rank turns out to be $3440$). Consequently we are able to formulate a plausible conjecture on the rank of the large-primary cohomology of the Morava stabilizer groups at all heights.
We construct a natural transformation from the Bousfield-Kuhn functor evaluated on a space to the Topological Andre-Quillen cohomology of the K(n)-local Spanier-Whitehead dual of the space, and show that the map is an equivalence in the case where the space is a sphere. This results in a method for computing unstable v_n-periodic homotopy groups of spheres from their Morava E-cohomology (as modules over the Dyer-Lashof algebra of Morava E-theory). We relate the resulting algebraic computations to the algebraic geometry of isogenies between Lubin-Tate formal groups.
The fixed point spectra of Morava E-theory $E_n$ under the action of finite subgroups of the Morava stabilizer group $\mathbb{G}_n$ and their K(n)-local Spanier--Whitehead duals can be used to approximate the K(n)-local sphere in certain cases. For any finite subgroup F of the height 2 Morava stabilizer group at p=2 we prove that the K(2)-local Spanier--Whitehead dual of the spectrum $E_2^{hF}$ is $Σ^{44}E_2^{hF}$. These results are analogous to the known results at height 2 and p=3. The main computational tool we use is the topological duality resolution spectral sequence for the spectrum $E_…
The Bousfield-Kan (or unstable Adams) spectral sequence can be constructed for various homology theories such as Brown-Peterson homology theory BP, Johnson-Wilson theory $E(n)$, or Morava $E$-theory $E_n$. For nice spaces the $E_2$-term is given by Ext in a category of unstable comodules. We establish an unstable Morava change of rings isomorphism between $\text{Ext}_{\mathcal{U}_{Γ_B}}(B,M)$ and $\text{Ext}_{\mathcal{U}_{E_{n*}E_n}/I_{n}}(E_{n*}/I_{n},E_{n*}\otimes_{BP_*} M)$ where $(B,Γ_B)$ denotes the Hopf Algebroid $(v_n^{-1}BP_*/I_{n}, v_n^{-1}BP_*BP/I_{n} )$. We show that the latter grou…
Morava $E$-theory $E$ is an $E_\infty$-ring with an action of the Morava stabilizer group $Γ$. We study the derived stack $\operatorname{Spf} E/Γ$. Descent-theoretic techniques allow us to deduce a theorem of Hopkins-Mahowald-Sadofsky on the $K(n)$-local Picard group, as well as a recent result of Barthel-Beaudry-Stojanoska on the Anderson duals of higher real $K$-theories.
Let n \geq 1 and let p be any prime. Also, let E_n be the Lubin-Tate spectrum, G_n the extended Morava stabilizer group, and K(n) the nth Morava K-theory spectrum. Then work of Devinatz and Hopkins and some results due to Behrens and the first author of this note, show that if X is a finite spectrum, then the localization L_{K(n)}(X) is equivalent to the homotopy fixed point spectrum (L_{K(n)}(E_n \wedge X))^{hG_n}, which is formed with respect to the continuous action of G_n on L_{K(n)}(E_n \wedge X). In this note, we show that this equivalence holds for any (S-cofibrant) spectrum X. Also, we…
We develop methods for computing the restriction map from the cohomology of the automorphism group of a height $dn$ formal group law (i.e., the height $dn$ Morava stabilizer group) to the cohomology of the automorphism group of an $A$-height $n$ formal $A$-module, where $A$ is the ring of integers in a degree $d$ field extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$. We then compute this map for the quadratic extensions of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and the height $2$ Morava stabilizer group at primes $p>3$. We show that the these automorphism groups of formal modules are closed subgroups of the Morava stabilizer groups, and…
Let n be any positive integer and p any prime. Also, let X be any spectrum and let K(n) denote the nth Morava K-theory spectrum. Then we construct a descent spectral sequence with abutment pi_*(L_{K(n)}(X)) and E_2-term equal to the continuous cohomology of G_n, the extended Morava stabilizer group, with coefficients in a certain discrete G_n-module that is built from various homotopy fixed point spectra of the Morava module of X. This spectral sequence can be contrasted with the K(n)-local E_n-Adams spectral sequence for pi_*(L_{K(n)}(X)), whose E_2-term is not known to always be equal to a c…
Let $E_n$ be Morava $E$-theory and let $G \subset G_n$ be a finite subgroup of $G_n$, the extended Morava stabilizer group. Let $E_{n}^{tG}$ be the Tate spectrum, defined as the cofiber of the norm map $N:(E_n)_{hG} \to E_n^{hG}$. We use the Tate spectral sequence to calculate $π_*E_{p-1}^{tG}$ for $G$ a maximal finite $p$-subgroup, and $p$ an odd prime. We show that $E_{p-1}^{tG} \simeq \ast$, so that the norm map gives equivalence between homotopy fixed point and homotopy orbit spectra. Our methods also give a calculation of $π_*E_{p-1}^{hG}$, which is a folklore calculation of Hopkins and M…
In this paper, we study the cohomology of the Morava stabilizer algebra $S(3)$. As an application, we show that for $p \geq 7$, if $s\not \equiv 0, \pm 1 \,\, mod \,p $, $n\not \equiv 1 \,\, mod\, 3$, $n>1$, then $ζ_nγ_s$ is a nontrivial product in $π_*(S)$ by Adams-Novikov spectral sequence, where $ζ_n$ is created by R. Cohen \cite{Co}, $γ_s$ is a third periodic homotopy elements.
We calculate the homotopy type of $L_1L_{K(2)}S^0$ and $L_{K(1)}L_{K(2)}S^0$ at the prime 2, where $L_{K(n)}$ is localization with respect to Morava $K$-theory and $L_1$ localization with respect to $2$-local $K$ theory. In $L_1L_{K(2)}S^0$ we find all the summands predicted by the Chromatic Splitting Conjecture, but we find some extra summands as well. An essential ingredient in our approach is the analysis of the continuous group cohomology $H^\ast_c(\mathbb{G}_2,E_0)$ where $\mathbb{G}_2$ is the Morava stabilizer group and $E_0 = \mathbb{W}[[u_1]]$ is the ring of functions on the height $2$…
Let $n \geq 1$, $p$ a prime, and $T(n)$ any representative of the Bousfield class of the telescope $v_n^{-1}F(n)$ of a finite type $n$ complex. Also, let $E_n$ be the Lubin-Tate spectrum, $K(E_n)$ its algebraic $K$-theory spectrum, and $G_n$ the extended Morava stabilizer group, a profinite group. Motivated by an Ausoni-Rognes conjecture, we show that there are two spectral sequences \[{^{I}}\mspace{-3mu}E_2^{s,t} \Longrightarrow π_{t-s}((L_{T(n+1)}K(E_n))^{hG_n}) \Longleftarrow {^{II}}\mspace{-2mu}E_2^{s,t}\] with common abutment $π_\ast(-)$ of the continuous homotopy fixed points of $L_{T(n+…
