Questions tagged [stable-homotopy-theory]

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stable homotopy groups zero

A connected CW-complex $X$ is contractible iff the homotopy groups $\pi_n(X)$ are zero for all $n\geq 1$. What (if any?) is the analogous statement for the vanishing of all stable homotopy groups $\pi_n^S(X)$ for all $n\geq 1$ ? More generally,…
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Solving Recursions Without Initial Conditions

I am trying to solve the following recursion but it does not appear that I can use characteristic equations or generating functions since I do not have initial conditions. Is there another way I am missing or can I assume initial conditions to use…
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Degree of a pmap

Today I have started reading stable homotopy. I have came across the notion of a pmap which is basically equivalence class of maps from cofinal sub-spectra. My query is what do we mean by degree of such map?
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Filtration of the category of finite spectra

Consider the stable homotopy category $\mathcal{SHC}$, we then can define its full subcategory $\mathcal{SHC}^c$ spanned by finite spectra which coincides with the smallest thick triangulated subcategory of $\mathcal{SHC}$ generated by…
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The Relationship Between Two Constructions of Topological Modular Forms

There are two explicit constructions of topological modular forms. One is in the 12th section of the book $Topological$ $Modular$ $Forms$, and the other is Lurie's Elliptic Cohomology II in his homepage. More precisely speaking, they both defined…
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