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Constructing equivariant spectra via categorical Mackey functors (1405.6126v2)
Published 23 May 2014 in math.AT and math.CT
Abstract: We give a functorial construction of equivariant spectra from a generalized version of Mackey functors in categories. This construction relies on the recent description of the category of equivariant spectra due to Guillou and May. The key element of our construction is a spectrally-enriched functor from a spectrally-enriched version of permutative categories to the category of spectra that is built using an appropriate version of K-theory. As applications of our general construction, we produce a new functorial construction of equivariant Eilenberg--MacLane spectra for Mackey functors and for suspension spectra for finite G-sets.