The mod-2 cohomology rings of symmetric groups
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DOI10.1112/JTOPOL/JTR031zbMATH Open1246.20044arXiv0909.3292OpenAlexW3098765533MaRDI QIDQ3225614FDOQ3225614
Dev P. Sinha, Chad Giusti, Paolo Salvatore
Publication date: 22 March 2012
Published in: Journal of Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We compute the mod-2 cohomology of the collection of all symmetric groups as a Hopf ring, where the second product is the transfer product of Strickland and Turner. We first give examples of related Hopf rings from invariant theory and representation theory. In addition to a Hopf ring presentation, we give geometric cocycle representatives and explicitly determine the structure as an algebra over the Steenrod algebra. All calculations are explicit, with an additive basis which has a clean graphical representation. We also briefly develop related Hopf ring structures on rings of symmetric invariants and end with a generating set consisting of Stiefel-Whitney classes of regular representations v2. Added new results on varieties which represent the cocycles, a graphical representation of the additive basis, and on the Steenrod algebra action. v3. Included a full treatment of invariant theoretic Hopf rings, refined the definition of representing varieties, and corrected and clarified references.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3292
Symmetric groups (20B30) Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Cohomology of groups (20J06) Steenrod algebra (55S10)
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- Mod-two cohomology rings of alternating groups
- Cohomology rings of extended powers and of free infinite loop spaces
- Ideals of bounded rank symmetric tensors are generated in bounded degree
- Bigraded cohomology of \(\mathbb{Z}/2\)-equivariant Grassmannians
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