The kernel-generator conjecture for self-dual VOSAs

Let A2cA_{-2c} be the kernel of

Φ ⁣:π2cTMFπ2cKO((q)).\Phi\colon \pi_{-2c}\operatorname{TMF}\to \pi_{-2c}\operatorname{KO}((q)).

For c=32,31/2,15,14c=32,31/2,15,14, the kernel is respectively isomorphic to Z/3,Z/2,Z/2,Z/2\mathbb{Z}/3,\mathbb{Z}/2,\mathbb{Z}/2,\mathbb{Z}/2. The kernel-generator conjecture. The generator of A2cA_{-2c} comes from the corresponding self-dual VOSA V\mathbb{V} in the source's table. In particular, it lifts to

TMFG2c+t(pt)\operatorname{TMF}^{2c+t}_G(\mathrm{pt})

for suitable GG and t ⁣:BGK(Z,4)t\colon BG\to K(\mathbb{Z},4), with nonzero image in KOG2c((q))(pt)\operatorname{KO}^{2c}_G((q))(\mathrm{pt}) given by η(q)2c[W]\eta(q)^{-2c}[\mathbb{W}], where W\mathbb{W} is the canonically Z/2\mathbb{Z}/2-twisted module of V\mathbb{V}. This conjecture proposes a uniform explanation for the observed kernel classes, extending the specific examples discussed earlier in the paper.

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Yuji Tachikawa and Mayuko Yamashita, “Anderson duality of topological modular forms and its differential-geometric manifestations”, arXiv:2305.06196 (2025).

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