7 - Bi-incomplete Tambara Functors

Summary

For an equivariant commutative ring spectrum R, ?0R has algebraic structure reflecting the presence of both additive transfers and multiplicative norms. The additive structure gives rise to a Mackey functor and the multiplicative structure yields the additional structure of a Tambara functor. If R is an N? ring spectrum in the category of genuine G-spectra, then all possible additive transfers are present and ?0R has the structure of an incomplete Tambara functor. However, if R is an N? ring spectrum in a category of incomplete G-spectra, the situation is more subtle. In this chapter, we study the algebraic theory of Tambara structures on incomplete Mackey functors, which we call bi-incomplete Tambara functors. Just as incomplete Tambara functors have compatibility conditions that control which systems of norms are possible, bi-incomplete Tambara functors have algebraic constraints arising from the possible interactions of transfers and norms. We give a complete description of the possible interactions between the additive and multiplicative structures.