The squaring operation on \({\mathcal A}\)-generators of the Dickson algebra (Q834535)

Let \(A\) be the mod \(2\) Steenrod algebra, \(V_{r} = (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^{r}\), \(r \geq 1\), and \(GL_{r}=GL(V_{r})\) be the general linear group. We denote by \(P(\mathbb{F}_{2} \otimes_{GL_{r}}H_{*}(BV_{r}))\) the submodule of \(\mathbb{F}_{2} \otimes_{GL_{r}}H_{*}(BV_{r})\) whose elements are annihilated by every positive-degree operation in \(A\). The aim of this paper is to study the squaring operation \[ Sq^{0}: P(\mathbb{F}_{2} \otimes_{GL_{r}}H_{*}(BV_{r})) \to P(\mathbb{F}_{2} \otimes_{GL_{r}}H_{*}(BV_{r})), \] for the definition of \(Sq^{0}\) see [\textit{N. H. V. Hung}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 349, No. 10, 3893--3910 (1997; Zbl 0902.55004)].