Greenlees's universality conjecture for equivariant complex cobordism

Let GG be a finite abelian group, let EE be a complex oriented GG-equivariant spectrum, and let MUGMU_G denote the canonical GG-equivariant complex cobordism spectrum. The associated equivariant formal group laws have the structures of a complete algebra with comultiplication, an augmentation compatible with comultiplication, and elements indexed by the characters of GG as described above.

Greenlees's conjecture. There is a unique homomorphism of rings

θ:MUGE\theta: MU_G^* \longrightarrow E^*

such that θ\theta induces maps sending structures (1)(1), (2)(2), and (3)(3) for the canonical equivariant formal group law corresponding to MUGMU_G to the corresponding structures for EE.

This asserts that equivariant complex cobordism is universal among complex oriented GG-equivariant cohomology theories through its canonical equivariant formal group law. The supplied source does not state a resolution, so the conjecture is recorded as open.

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Primary source

William C. Abram, “A note on the equivariant formal group law of the equivariant complex cobordism ring”, arXiv:1309.0722 (2015).

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