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 classif ...
, an
-object (also called a symmetric sequence) is a sequence
of objects such that each
comes with an action
[An 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 ; 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 ...
.
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 in ...
is equivalent to the category of finite
-sets (roughly because the
permutation category
In mathematics, the permutation category is a category where
#the objects are the natural numbers,
#the morphisms from a natural number ''n'' to itself are the elements of the symmetric group S_n and
#there are no morphisms from ''m'' to ''n if m ...
is equivalent to the category of finite sets and bijections.)
S-module
By ''
-module'', we mean an
-object in the category
of finite-dimensional vector spaces over a field ''k'' of characteristic zero (the symmetric groups act from the right by convention). Then each
-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 p ...
on
.
This definition of
-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
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