cobordism theory = manifolds and cobordisms + stable homotopy theory/higher category theory
Concepts of cobordism theory
flavors of cobordism homology/cohomology theories and representing Thom spectra
The cobordism cohomology theory for special unitary group-structure.
We write for the bordism ring for stable SU-structure.
The canonical topological group-inclusions
(trivial group into quaternionic unitary group into special unitary group into unitary group) induce ring spectrum-homomorphism of Thom spectra
(from MFr to MSp to MSU to MU)
and hence corresponding multiplicative cohomology theory-homomorphisms of cobordism cohomology theories, so in particular ring homomorphisms of bordism rings
(e.g. Conner-Floyd 66, p. 27 (34 of 120))
The kernel of the forgetful morphism
from the SU-bordism ring to the complex bordism ring, is pure torsion.
The torsion subgroup of the SU-bordism ring is concentrated in degrees and , for .
Every torsion element in the SU-bordism ring has order 2.
(SU-bordism ring away from 2 is polynomial algebra)
The SU-bordism ring with 2 inverted is the polynomial algebra over on one generator in every even degree :
(due to Novikov 62, review in LLP 17, Thm. 1.2)
We discuss the classes of Calabi-Yau manifolds in the SU-bordism ring. For more see at Calabi-Yau manifolds in SU-bordism theory.
(K3-surface spans SU-bordism ring in degree 4)
The degree-4 generator in the SU-bordism ring (Prop. ) is represented by minus the class of any (non-torus) K3-surface:
(LLP 17, Lemma 1.5, Example 3.1, CLP 19, Theorem 13.5a)
(Calabi-Yau manifolds generate the SU-bordism ring away from 2)
The SU-bordism ring away from 2 is multiplicatively generated by Calabi-Yau manifolds.
(Calabi-Yau manifolds in complex dim span the SU-bordism ring in away from 2)
There are Calabi-Yau manifolds of complex dimension and whose whose SU-bordism classes equal the generators and in Prop. .
Together with the K3 surface representing (Prop. ), this means that CYs span .
flavors of bordism homology theories/cobordism cohomology theories, their representing Thom spectra and cobordism rings:
relative bordism theories:
global equivariant bordism theory:
algebraic:
On the SU-bordism ring structure away from 2:
Sergei Novikov, Homotopy properties of Thom complexes, Mat. Sbornik 57 (1962), no. 4, 407–442, 407–442 (pdf, pdf)
Robert Stong, Chapter X of: Notes on Cobordism theory, Princeton University Press, 1968 (toc pdf, ISBN:9780691649016, pdf)
Survey:
On its torsion subgroups:
Relation to Calabi-Yau manifolds:
Survey:
Georgy Chernykh, Ivan Limonchenko, Taras Panov, -bordism: structure results and geometric representatives, Russian Math. Surveys 74 (2019), no. 3, 461-524 (arXiv:1903.07178)
Taras Panov, A geometric view on -bordism, talk at Moscow State University 2020 (webpage, pdf, pdf)
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