arXiv · 2609.26497
Chromatic Purity of Dualizable Categories
Abstract
We develop the chromatic theory of dualizable stable categories, with chromatic purity for continuous $K$-theory at its center. We generalize the chromatic purity theorem for algebraic $K$-theory to continuous $K$-theory of dualizable stable categories and reformulate it as the purity of $H$-unital rings. Using categorical completion theory, we construct chromatic fracture squares and obtain a refinement of chromatic purity: for every dualizable stable category $\mathcal{C}$, the $T(n)\oplus T(n-1)$-completion map induces an equivalence $$ K_{T(n)}^{\mathrm{cont}}(\mathcal{C})\xrightarrow{\simeq}K_{T(n)}^{\mathrm{cont}}(\mathrm{Nuc}_{T(n)\oplus T(n-1)}(\mathcal{C})). $$ We also establish chromatic descent for continuous $K$-theory of dualizable homotopy fixed points and prove a categorical nuclear refinement of descent. This framework allows us to lift redshift bounds, Tate vanishing, and blueshift from spectra to dualizable stable categories. We show that the $T(n)$-completion of a rigid symmetric monoidal stable category is equivalent to the dualizable limit of module categories over a tower of type $n$ generalized Moore spectra. As applications, we prove that both nuclear solid and nuclear gaseous module categories satisfy chromatic redshift.
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Yifan Jin. 2026-09-22. Chromatic Purity of Dualizable Categories. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.26497
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