Research & writing

Abstract: The topological Hochschild homology of a ring (or ring spectrum) R is an $S^1$-spectrum, and the fixed points of THH(R) for subgroups $C_n \subset S^1$ have been widely studied due to their use in algebraic K-theory computations. Hesselholt and Madsen proved that the fixed points of topological Hochschild homology are closely related to Witt vectors. Further, they defined the notion of a Witt complex, and showed that it captures the algebraic structure of the homotopy groups of the fixed points of THH. Recent work of Angeltveit, Blumberg, Gerhardt, Hill, Lawson and Mandell defines a theory of twisted topological Hochschild homology for equivariant rings (or ring spectra) that builds upon Hill, Hopkins and Ravenel's work on equivariant norms. In this paper, we study the algebraic structure of the equivariant homotopy groups of twisted THH. In particular, we define an equivariant Witt complex and prove that the equivariant homotopy of twisted THH has this structure. Our definition of equivariant Witt complexes contributes to a growing body of research in the subject of equivariant algebra.

Abstract: Genuine equivariant homotopy theory is equipped with a multitude of coherently commutative multiplication structures generalizing the classical notion of an $ \mathbb{E}_\infty $-algebra. In this paper we study the $ C_p $-$ \mathbb{E}_\infty $-algebras of Nardin--Shah with respect to a cyclic group $ C_p $ of prime power order. We show that many of the higher coherences inherent to the definition of parametrized algebras collapse; in particular, they may be described more simply and conceptually in terms of ordinary $ \mathbb{E}_\infty $-algebras as a diagram category which we call \emph{normed algebras}. Our main result provides a relatively straightforward criterion for identifying $ C_p $-$ \mathbb{E}_\infty $-algebra structures. We visit some applications of our result to real motivic invariants.

Abstract: Let A be a finite connected graded cocommutative Hopf algebra over a field k. There is an endofunctor tw on the stable module category StMod_A of A which twists the grading by 1. We show the categorical entropy of tw is zero. We provide a lower bound for the categorical polynomial entropy of tw in terms of the Krull dimension of the cohomology of A, and an upper bound in terms of the existence of finite resolutions of A-modules of a particular form. We employ these tools to compute the categorical polynomial entropy of the twist functor for examples of finite graded Hopf algebras over $\mathbb{F}$₂.

Abstract: In this short note, we given a new proof of Mitchell's theorem that $L_{T(n)}K(\mathbb{Z}) \simeq 0$ for $n \geq 2$. Instead of reducing the problem to delicate representation theory, we use recently established hyperdescent technology for chromatically-localized algebraic K-theory.