Finiteness conjecture for spectral lifts of powers of Hogancamp's endomorphisms

For each n2n\geq 2, let PnP_n be the categorified Jones–Wenzl projector and let Un ⁣:q2nΣ2n2PnPnU_n\colon \mathrm{q}^{2n}\Sigma^{2n-2}P_n\to P_n be Hogancamp's chain map. For each power UnkU_n^k, let βn,k\beta_{n,k} denote its obstruction class to lifting to a map of spectra. Finiteness conjecture. For each n2n\geq 2, there exists some k>0k>0 for which

βn,k0.\beta_{n,k}\simeq 0.

Equivalently, some power UnkU_n^k lifts to a map of spectra PnPn\mathcal{P}_n\to\mathcal{P}_n. The conjecture is verified in the paper for n=2,3n=2,3; existence of such lifts does not by itself guarantee that they are well-defined.

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Matthew Stoffregen and Michael Willis, “Jones-Wenzl projectors and the Khovanov homotopy of the infinite twist”, arXiv:2402.10332 (2024).

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