The Antieau-Williams sharp topological period-index conjecture

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Let XX be a finite 2d2d-dimensional CW-complex, and let α∈Br⁡(X)\alpha\in\operatorname{Br}(X) have period

m=p1r1⋯pkrk.m=p_1^{r_1}\cdots p_k^{r_k}.

Here vpiv_{p_i} denotes the pip_i-adic valuation.

Antieau-Williams' conjecture.

ind⁡(α)=md−1∏i=1kpivpi((d−1)!).\operatorname{ind}(\alpha)=m^{d-1}\prod_{i=1}^{k}p_i^{v_{p_i}((d-1)!)}.

This formula is presented as a conjectural strengthening that would include the stated six-dimensional examples. The source does not provide evidence that this sharper conjecture has been resolved.

References

Primary source

Xing Gu, “The Topological Period-Index Problem over 8-Complexes, I”, arXiv:1709.00787 (2019).

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