The Z_p periodicity conjecture in the truncated case

Let XnX^n be a space and let pp be a prime. Say that H(X;Zp)H^*(X;\mathbb{Z}_p) is kk-periodic up to degree cc when multiplication by a periodicity element induces successive isomorphisms through the last one landing in degree cc. Assume that kk is the minimum period and that 0m<k0\leq m<k is the maximum degree with Hm(X;Z2)0H^m(X;\mathbb{Z}_2)\neq 0. The truncated periodicity conjecture. If p=2p=2 and c2k+mc\geq 2k+m, then k{1,2,4}k\in\{1,2,4\} or (k,c)=(8,16+m)(k,c)=(8,16+m). If p3p\geq 3 and cpk+mc\geq pk+m, then k=2λk=2\lambda for some divisor λ\lambda of p1p-1. These are proposed truncated analogues of the periodicity conjectures; the source presents them as suggestions, and no resolution is given.

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John R. Harper and Lee Kennard, “Extending Adams' theorem from singly generated to periodic cohomology”, arXiv:2412.16340 (2024).

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