nLab thick subcategory theorem

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Cohomology

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Idea

What is called the thick subcategory theorem gives a a characterization of all thick subcategories of the stable homotopy category of p-local finite spectra.

This is a consequence of the nilpotence theorem.

Statement

For nn \in \mathbb{N}, write K(n)K(n) for the Morava K-theory spectrum.

Say that a pp-local finite spectrum XX has type nn if K(n) *(X)0K(n)_\ast(X) \neq 0 but K(k) *(X)0K(k)_\ast(X) \simeq 0 for all k<nk \lt n. (e.g. Lurie, def. 6).

Write Spectra p finSpectraSpectra^{fin}_p \hookrightarrow Spectra be the full subcategory of the (infinity,1)-category of spectra on the p-local finite spectra.

The thick subcategory theorem says that thick subcategories of Spectra p finSpectra^{fin}_p are precisely the full subcategories on the spectra of type <n\lt n, for some nn. (e.g. Lurie, theorem 8).

In other words, the thick subcategories are the kernels of K(n) *K(n)_\ast (for any given prime).

Applications

The thick subcategory theorem serves to determine the prime spectrum of a symmetric monoidal stable (∞,1)-category of the stable homotopy theory.

(For an exposition see MazelGee 13, around slide 9).

References

The original article is

Further discussion is in

Some big-picture motivation is in

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