The chromatic unit-map conjecture for Johnson–Wilson spectra

Let BPnBP\langle n\rangle denote the Johnson–Wilson spectrum at the prime 22, with coefficient ring Z(2)[v1,,vn]\mathbb{Z}_{(2)}[v_1,\dots,v_n]. Assume that BPnBP\langle n\rangle admits the structure of an EE_\infty ring spectrum, so that gl1BPngl_1 BP\langle n\rangle is defined. The chromatic unit-map conjecture. There are maps of spectra

ψn:Σ2n+12BPn1gl1BPn\psi_n:\Sigma^{2^{n+1}-2}BP\langle n-1\rangle\longrightarrow gl_1 BP\langle n\rangle

whose induced map in homotopy is xxvnx\mapsto xv_n. More precisely, for every k2n+12k\geq 2^{n+1}-2, (ψn)(\psi_n)_* is the composite

Z(2)[v1,,vn1]k2n+1+2Z(2)[v1,,vn]k2n+1+2vnZ(2)[v1,,vn]k.\mathbb{Z}_{(2)}[v_1,\dots,v_{n-1}]_{k-2^{n+1}+2}\hookrightarrow \mathbb{Z}_{(2)}[v_1,\dots,v_n]_{k-2^{n+1}+2}\xrightarrow{\,v_n\,}\mathbb{Z}_{(2)}[v_1,\dots,v_n]_k.

The assertion is known under the stated assumptions for n=1n=1 and n=2n=2; the general case is presented conditionally on the existence of the required EE_\infty structure.

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Hisham Sati and Craig Westerland, “Twisted Morava K-theory and E-theory”, arXiv:1109.3867 (2015).

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