The hit problem for the modular invariants of linear groups (Q5956269)

Let \(A\) be the mod 2 Steenrod algebra, \(\text{GL}_n= \text{GL}(n, \mathbb{F}_2)\) be the general linear group and \(P_n=\mathbb{F}_2 [t_1,\dots, t_n]\) be the \(\mathbb{F}_2\)-polynomial algebra on \(n\) generators of degree one. It is known that \(P_n\) is an unstable \(A\)-algebra and a \(\text{GL}_n\)-module in a natural way. In this paper the authors prove that, for a certain subgroup \(G\) of \(\text{GL}_n\), each element of \(P_n\) of positive degree is hit by \(A\) in \(P_n\): \((P_n^G)^+ \subseteq A^rP_n\).