Fausk–Lewis–May conjecture on homotopy representations

Let GG be a compact Lie group. A homotopy representation of GG is a finite-dimensional GG-representation sphere-type object, and let V(G)V(G) denote its Grothendieck group. Let V(G)V'(G) denote the Grothendieck group of generalized homotopy representations. There is a canonical map

V(G)V(G).V(G)\xrightarrow{}V'(G).

Fausk–Lewis–May conjecture. The canonical map

V(G)V(G)V(G)\xrightarrow{}V'(G)

is an isomorphism for any compact Lie group GG. This conjecture concerns the comparison between homotopy and generalized homotopy representations and, via the identification of V(G)V'(G) with the Picard group of the equivariant stable homotopy category, gives structural information about invertible GG-spectra. The paper's abstract states that the conjecture is resolved for compact Lie groups whose component group has all projective integral group-ring modules stably free; it does not establish the assertion for every compact Lie group.

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Erik Knutsen, “Homotopy Representations and the Picard Group of the Equivariant Stable Homotopy Category”, arXiv:2311.11915 (2023).

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