The conjecture on algebra structures of K(1) at p=2

For p=2p=2, let K(1)K(1) be the spectrum considered as an algebra over the completed connective complex KK-theory spectrum KU^2\widehat{KU}_2, and let an opposite algebra structure mean the structure obtained by reversing multiplication. Algebra-structure conjecture. There are precisely two structures of an KU^2\widehat{KU}_2-algebra on K(1)K(1), and these are opposite to each other. Moreover, the spectrum K(1)K(1) possesses a unique structure of an S\mathbb{S}-algebra. The preceding discussion shows that the two KU^2\widehat{KU}_2-algebra structures, if they exist, are not isomorphic as KU^2\widehat{KU}_2-algebras, while K(1)K(1) is nevertheless isomorphic to its opposite as a ring spectrum; the source gives no resolution of the conjecture.

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Andrew Baker and Andrey Lazarev, “Topological Hochschild cohomology and generalized Morita equivalence”, arXiv:math/0209003 (2004).

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