Nonrealizability of some cyclic complex bordism modules

Zahler, Raphael S.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1975-0362306-X

Nonrealizability of some cyclic complex bordism modules
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 47 (1975), 218-222 Request permission

Abstract:

It is shown that certain modules over the complex cobordism ring MU* cannot be realized in the sense that none of them can be isomorphic to the MU-cohomology module of a finite complex. Potential applications in stable homotopy theory are discussed.

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