Abstract
We establish a canonical and unique tensor product for commutative monoids and groups in an –category which generalizes the ordinary tensor product of abelian groups. Using this tensor product we show that –(semi)ring objects in give rise to –ring spectrum objects in . In the case that is the –category of spaces this produces a multiplicative infinite loop space machine which can be applied to the algebraic –theory of rings and ring spectra.
The main tool we use to establish these results is the theory of smashing localizations of presentable –categories. In particular, we identify preadditive and additive –categories as the local objects for certain smashing localizations. A central theme is the stability of algebraic structures under basechange; for example, we show . Lastly, we also consider these algebraic structures from the perspective of Lawvere algebraic theories in –categories.
Citation
David Gepner. Moritz Groth. Thomas Nikolaus. "Universality of multiplicative infinite loop space machines." Algebr. Geom. Topol. 15 (6) 3107 - 3153, 2015. https://doi.org/10.2140/agt.2015.15.3107
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