Cotwist conjecture for functor categories on spheres

Let D\mathcal{D} be a stable \infty-category and let n\teq2n\teq 2. Consider the cotwist functor TFun(Sn,D)T_{\operatorname{Fun}(S^n,\mathcal{D})} of the spherical adjunction

f:DFun(Sn,D):f.f^*:\mathcal{D}\leftrightarrow \operatorname{Fun}(S^n,\mathcal{D}):f_*.

For an E\mathbb{E}_\infty-ring spectrum RR, set D=RModR\mathcal{D}=\operatorname{RMod}_R, and let φ:R[tn1]R[tn1]\varphi:R[t_{n-1}]\rightarrow R[t_{n-1}] be the equivalence determined by

φ(tn1)=(1)n1tn1.\varphi(t_{n-1})=(-1)^{n-1}t_{n-1}.

Cotwist conjecture. There is a commutative diagram in LinCatR\operatorname{LinCat}_R identifying TFun(Sn,RModR)T_{\operatorname{Fun}(S^n,\operatorname{RMod}_R)} under the equivalence Fun(Sn,RModR)RModR[tn1]\operatorname{Fun}(S^n,\operatorname{RMod}_R)\simeq\operatorname{RMod}_{R[t_{n-1}]} with φ[n]\varphi^*[-n]. Moreover, if StopnS^n_{\operatorname{top}} is the topological nn-sphere and r:StopnStopnr:S^n_{\operatorname{top}}\rightarrow S^n_{\operatorname{top}} is the antipodal map, then

TFun(Sn,D)r[n].T_{\operatorname{Fun}(S^n,\mathcal{D})}\simeq r^*[-n].

This predicts that the cotwist is controlled by the antipodal involution together with a shift by n-n, and gives an algebraic description for module categories over an E\mathbb{E}_\infty-ring spectrum. The statement is presented as a conjecture because the preceding argument does not directly generalize to the spectral setting.

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Merlin Christ, “Ginzburg algebras of triangulated surfaces and perverse schobers”, arXiv:2101.01939 (2022).

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