HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

In
algebraic topology Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariants that classify topological spaces up to homeomorphism, though usually most classify ...
, an \mathbb-object (also called a symmetric sequence) is a sequence \ of objects such that each X(n) comes with an actionAn action of a group ''G'' on an object ''X'' in a category ''C'' is a functor from ''G'' viewed as a category with a single object to ''C'' that maps the single object to ''X''. Note this functor then induces a group homomorphism G \to \operatorname(X); cf. Automorphism group#In category theory. of the
symmetric group In abstract algebra, the symmetric group defined over any set is the group whose elements are all the bijections from the set to itself, and whose group operation is the composition of functions. In particular, the finite symmetric group \ ...
\mathbb_n. The category of
combinatorial species In combinatorial mathematics, the theory of combinatorial species is an abstract, systematic method for deriving the generating functions of discrete structures, which allows one to not merely count these structures but give bijective proofs invo ...
is equivalent to the category of finite \mathbb-sets (roughly because the permutation category is equivalent to the category of finite sets and bijections.)


S-module

By ''\mathbb-module'', we mean an \mathbb-object in the category \mathsf of finite-dimensional vector spaces over a field ''k'' of characteristic zero (the symmetric groups act from the right by convention). Then each \mathbb-module determines a
Schur functor In mathematics, especially in the field of representation theory, Schur functors (named after Issai Schur) are certain functors from the category of modules over a fixed commutative ring to itself. They generalize the constructions of exterior po ...
on \mathsf. This definition of \mathbb-module shares its name with the considerably better-known model for highly structured ring spectra due to Elmendorf, Kriz, Mandell and May.


See also

*
Highly structured ring spectrum In mathematics, a highly structured ring spectrum or A_\infty-ring is an object in homotopy theory encoding a refinement of a multiplicative structure on a cohomology theory. A commutative version of an A_\infty-ring is called an E_\infty-ring. Wh ...


Notes


References

* * {{topology-stub Algebraic topology