Relations among the kernels and images of Steenrod squares acting on right A-modules

DOI10.1016/J.JPAA.2011.10.030MaRDI QIDQ456829zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Shaun V. Ault

Publication date 16 October 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.3012

zbMATH Keywords

elementary abelian 2-grouphit-problemSteenrod algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40) Steenrod algebra (55S10) Homology and cohomology of (H)-spaces (57T25)

Abstract: In this note, we examine the right action of the Steenrod algebra $mathcalA$ on the homology groups $H_{\ast }(B{V}_s,F_2)$, where $V_s=F_2^s$. We find a relationship between the intersection of kernels of $S{q}^{2^i}$ and the intersection of images of $S{q}^{2^{i+1}-1}$, which can be generalized to arbitrary right $mathcalA$-modules. While it is easy to show that $$ for any given $kgeq0$, the reverse inclusion need not be true. We develop the machinery of homotopy systems and null subspaces in order to address the natural question of when the reverse inclusion can be expected. In the second half of the paper, we discuss some counter-examples to the reverse inclusion, for small values of $k$, that exist in $H_{\ast }(B{V}_s,F_2)$.

Review text

Let \(A\) be the mod-\(2\) Steenrod algebra, \(V \cong (\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z})^{k},\; k \geq 1\) be an elementary abelian \(2\)-group of rank \(k\) and \(H_{*}V \cong H_{*}(V,\; \mathbb{F}_{2})\) be the mod-\(2\) homology of \(V\).NEWLINENEWLINEIn this paper the author studies the right action of \(A\) on \(H_{*}V\) and looks to the determination of a basis of the space \(\{x \in H_{*}V \mid xSq^{i} = 0, i > 0\}\) (this problem is dual to the ``hit problem). For this, the author examines the relationship between the intersection of the kernels of \(Sq^{2^{i}}\), \(\bigcap_{i=1}^{p}\ker(Sq^{2^{i}})\), and the intersection of the images of \(Sq^{2^{i+1}-1}\), \(\bigcap_{i=1}^{p}\mathrm{im}(Sq^{2^{i+1}-1})\), \(p \geq 0\).

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