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arxiv 1903.07116 v1 pith:U3ZTHAPK submitted 2019-03-17 math.AT

Thom Complexes and the Spectrum tmf

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Many interesting spectra can be constructed as Thom spectra of easily constructed bundles. Mahowald showed that $\mathit{bu}$ and $\mathit{bo}$ cannot be realized as $E_1$ Thom spectra. We use related techniques to show that $\mathit{tmf}_{(2)}$ also cannot be realized as an $E_1$ Thom spectrum.

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