Homotopy Spectra and Diophantine Equations

Abstract

Arguably, the first bridge between vast, ancient, but disjoint domains of mathematical knowledge, - topology and number theory, - was built only during the last fifty years. This bridge is the theory of spectra in stable homotopy theory. This connection poses the challenge: discover new information in number theory using the independently-developed machinery of homotopy theory. In this combined research/survey paper we suggest to apply homotopy spectra to the problem of distribution of rational points upon algebraic manifolds.