Chromatic redshift conjecture for complex and quaternionic Mahowald invariants

Let YY be a type nn finite complex with a vnv_n-periodic self-map vv, and let dKd_{\mathbb{K}} denote the relevant dimension for K\mathbb{K}. Suppose that απ(ΣdKY)\alpha \in \pi_*(\Sigma^{-d_{\mathbb{K}}}Y) is vv-periodic. Let MK(α)M_{\mathbb{K}}(\alpha) be the corresponding complex or quaternionic Mahowald-invariant coset.

Chromatic redshift conjecture. If αMK(α)\alpha \notin M_{\mathbb{K}}(\alpha), then MK(α)M_{\mathbb{K}}(\alpha) consists entirely of vnv_n-torsion elements. If w:ΣdYYw:\Sigma^dY\to Y is a power of vv annihilating every element of MK(α)M_{\mathbb{K}}(\alpha), and Z=cofib(w)Z=\operatorname{cofib}(w), so that ZZ has type n+1n+1 and every element of MK(α)M_{\mathbb{K}}(\alpha) extends to a map from ZZ to a suitable sphere, then at least one of these maps is vn+1v_{n+1}-periodic.

This is proposed as a generalization of the Mahowald–Ravenel redshift conjecture. The surrounding discussion says that the earlier conjecture is supported by low-height computations, while the proposed complex and quaternionic generalization remains open.

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Boris Botvinnik and J. D. Quigley, “Symmetries of exotic spheres via complex and quaternionic Mahowald invariants”, arXiv:2309.04275 (2025).

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