Non-triviality of some compositions of \(\beta\)-elements in the stable homotopy of the Moore spaces (Q1084700)

It is a famous result of \textit{L. Smith} [Am. J. Math. 92, 793-856 (1970; Zbl 0218.55023)] that there are infinite \(\beta\) families of elements in the stable homotopy groups of spheres for all primes p at least 5. This also leads to elements in the homotopy rings \([M,M]_*\), where M is the Moore space given as the cofiber of \(S\to^{p}S\). The purpose of this paper is to study composition properties of such elements in the ring \([M,M]_*.\) The method involves an examination of the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence, as elucidated by \textit{H. R. Miller}, \textit{D. C. Ravenel} and \textit{W. S. Wilson} [Ann. Math., II. Ser. 106, 469-516 (1977; Zbl 0374.55022)]. These computations yield new, nontrivial compositions in \([M,M]_*\). The details are too complex to be given here.