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arxiv: 2202.14004 · v1 · pith:UWM76OUHnew · submitted 2022-02-28 · 🧮 math.AT

Adams-type maps are not stable under composition

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We give a simple counterexample to the plausible conjecture that Adams-type maps of ring spectra are stable under composition. We then show that over a field, this failure is quite extreme, as any map of $\mathbb{E}_{\infty}$-algebras is a transfinite composition of Adams-type maps.

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