The minimality conjecture for the Bousfield classes of A(n)

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For each nn, let A(n)A(n) be the fiber of the natural map T(n)→LK(n)T(n)T(n)\to L_{K(n)}T(n), and let EE be a spectrum with a finite acyclic, meaning that E∧X=0E\wedge X=0 for some nontrivial finite spectrum XX.

The minimality conjecture for A(n). If n≥2n\geq 2, then ⟨A(n)⟩\langle A(n)\rangle is a minimal nonzero Bousfield class. Moreover, every such EE is Bousfield equivalent to a finite wedge of spectra K(n)K(n) and A(n)A(n); in particular,

⟨E⟩=⋁{n∣E∧K(n)≠0}⟨K(n)⟩∨⋁{n∣E∧A(n)≠0}⟨A(n)⟩.\langle E\rangle=\bigvee_{\{n\mid E\wedge K(n)\neq 0\}}\langle K(n)\rangle\vee\bigvee_{\{n\mid E\wedge A(n)\neq 0\}}\langle A(n)\rangle.

This is proposed as a replacement for the false telescope conjecture. The source provides no resolution.

References

Primary source

Mark Hovey and John Palmieri, “The structure of the Bousfield lattice”, arXiv:math/9801103 (1998).

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