Moduli space of filtered λ-ringstructures over a filtered ring

Moduli space of filtered lambda-ring structures over a filtered ring

Motivated by recent works on the genus of classifying spaces of compact Lie groups, here we study the set of filtered λ-ring structures over a filtered ring from a purely algebraic point of view. From a global perspective, we first show that this set has a canonical topology compatible with the filtration on the given filtered ring. For power series rings R[[x]], where R is between Z and Q, wit...

On λ-rings and topological realization

A λ-ring is, roughly speaking, a commutative ring R with unit together with operations λi, i ≥ 0, on it that act like the exterior power operations. It is widely used in algebraic topology, algebra, and representation theory. For example, the complex representation ring R(G) of a group G is a λ-ring, where λi is induced by the map that sends a representation to its ith exterior power. Another e...

Rigid Resolution of a Finitely Generated Module Over a Regular Local Ring

Algebra over the Steenrod Algebra, Lambda-ring, and Kuhn’s Realization Conjecture

In this paper we study the relationships between operations in K-theory and ordinary mod p cohomology. In particular, conditions are given under which the mod p associated graded ring of a filtered λ-ring is an unstable algebra over the Steenrod algebra. This result partially extends to the algebraic setting a topological result of Atiyah about operations on K-theory and mod p cohomology for to...

Unstable K-cohomology Algebra Is Filtered Lambda-ring

Boardman, Johnson, and Wilson gave a precise formulation for an unstable algebra over a generalized cohomology theory. Modifying their definition slightly in the case of complex K-theory by taking into account its periodicity, we prove that an unstable algebra for complex K-theory is precisely a filtered λ-ring, and vice versa.