A combinatorial method for computing Steenrod squares

DOI10.1016/S0022-4049(99)00006-7zbMATH Open0931.55015arXivmath/0110308OpenAlexW2079414950WikidataQ59388668 ScholiaQ59388668MaRDI QIDQ1295783FDOQ1295783

Authors: Rocío González-Díaz, Pedro Real 

Publication date: 8 March 2000

Published in: Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We present here a combinatorial method for computing cup-$i$ products and Steenrod squares of a simplicial set $X$. This method is essentially based on the determination of explicit formulae for the component morphisms of a higher diagonal approximation (i.e., a family of morphisms measuring the lack of commutativity of the cup product on the cochain level) in terms of face operators of $X$. A generalization of this method to Steenrod reduced powers is sketched. This description can be considered as a translation of the most ancient definition of Steenrod squares to the general setting of the Simplicial Topology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0110308

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zbMATH Keywords

simplicial setSteenrod reduced powers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primary cohomology operations in algebraic topology (55S05) Steenrod algebra (55S10)

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