Linking first occurrence polynomials over F_p by Steenrod operations

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Linking first occurrence polynomials over \( \mathbb F p\) by Steenrod operations



Abstract: This paper provides analogues of the results of [G.Walker and R.M.W. Wood, Linking first occurrence polynomials over F_2 by Steenrod operations, J. Algebra 246 (2001), 739--760] for odd primes p. It is proved that for certain irreducible representations L(lambda) of the full matrix semigroup M_n(F_p), the first occurrence of L(lambda) as a composition factor in the polynomial algebra P=F_p[x_1,...,x_n] is linked by a Steenrod operation to the first occurrence of L(lambda) as a submodule in P. This operation is given explicitly as the image of an admissible monomial in the Steenrod algebra A_p under the canonical anti-automorphism chi . The first occurrences of both kinds are also linked to higher degree occurrences of L(lambda) by elements of the Milnor basis of A_p.


This paper aims to give an odd primary analogue of the work of \textit{G. Walker} and \textit{R. M. W. Wood} [J. Algebra 246, No. 2, 739-760 (2001; Zbl 0985.55014)]. The object of study is the algebra of polynomials in \(n\) variables over the finite field \({\mathbb F}_{2}\) and the action on it by the semigroup of \(n \times n\) matrices. The aim is to link the first occurrences of representations as composition factors to their first occurrences as submodules. At odd primes there is no known formula for the degree containing the first occurrence of a given representation as a composition factor. However, by restricting to the class of representations considered, the authors are able to give an explicit operation linking these first occurrences in the fashion of the Walker-Wood paper.











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