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A Descent Theorem for Hermitian K-Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Victor Snaith
Victor Snaith*
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The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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Let KO and KU respectively denote the real and complex periodic K-theory spectra [1, Part III]. Let KSC denote the spectrum representing self-conjugate K-theory [2, G]. Thus we have a fibring

1.1

where T is induced by complex conjugation on the unitary group.

The following result is due to R. Wood [1, p. 206] and, I believe, to D. W. Anderson.

1.2. PROPOSITION. Let generate the stable one-stem. Then there are weak equivalences of spectra

a

and

b

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1987 , pp. 835 - 847
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1987

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