The Hopkins–Morel isomorphism aka the motivic Quillen theorem

Let FF be a field, and let SHF\mathrm{SH}_F denote the motivic stable homotopy category over FF. Let MGL\mathrm{MGL} be the algebraic cobordism spectrum, let aia_i be generators of the Lazard ring, and let HZH\mathbb{Z} be the motivic Eilenberg–Mac Lane spectrum. Hopkins–Morel isomorphism. The map in SHF\mathrm{SH}_F

colimnMGL/(a1,,an)HZ\operatorname{colim}_n \mathrm{MGL}/(a_1,\cdots,a_n) \longrightarrow H\mathbb{Z}

is an equivalence. This is a central comparison statement in motivic stable homotopy theory. It has been resolved after inverting the exponential characteristic of the base field, through work of Hoyois; in characteristic zero it was proved in unpublished work of Hopkins and Morel.

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Toni Annala and Elden Elmanto, “Motivic Steenrod operations at the characteristic via infinite ramification”, arXiv:2506.05585 (2026).

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