Periodic Cohomology Theories Defined by Elliptic Curves
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We use bordism theory to construct periodic cohomology theories, which we call elliptic cohomology, for which the cohomology of a point is a ring of modular functions. These are complex-oriented multiplicative cohomology theories, with formal groups associated to the universal elliptic genus studied by a number of authors ([CC, LS, O, W1, Z]). We are unable to find a geometric description for these theories.
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