Mapping algebras and the Adams spectral sequence

Abstract

The $E_2$-term of the Adams spectral sequence for $\mathbf{Y}$ may be described in terms of its cohomology $E^\ast \mathbf{Y}$, together with the action of the primary operations $E^\ast \mathbf{E}$ on it, for ring spectra such as $\mathbf{E} = \mathbf{H}\mathbb{F}_p$. We show how the higher terms of the spectral sequence can be similarly described in terms of the higher order truncated $\mathbf{E}$-mapping algebra for $\mathbf{Y}$ $\; - \;$ that is truncations of the function spectra $\operatorname{Fun}(\mathbf{Y}, \mathbf{M})$ for various $\mathbf{E}$-modules $\mathbf{M}$, equipped with the action of $\operatorname{Fun}(\mathbf{M}, \mathbf{M}')$ on them.