On the determination of the Singer transfer

DOI10.31276/VJSTE.60(1).03arXiv1710.07895MaRDI QIDQ6292864FDOQ6292864

Authors: Nguyễn Sum 

Publication date: 22 October 2017

Abstract: Let $P_k$ be the graded polynomial algebra $mathbb{F}_2[x_1,x_2,ldots,x_k]$ with the degree of each generator $x_i$ being 1, where $mathbb{F}_2$ denote the prime field of two elements, and let $G{L}_k$ be the general linear group over $mathbb{F}_2$ which acts regularly on $P_k$. We study the algebraic transfer constructed by Singer using the technique of the Peterson hit problem. This transfer is a homomorphism from the homology of the mod-2 Steenrod algebra $mathcalA$, $ext{Tor}_{k,k+d}^{mathcalA}(mathbb{F}_2,mathbb{F}_2)$, to the subspace of $mathbb{F}_2{otimes}_{mathcalA}{P}_k$ consisting of all the $G{L}_k$-invariant classes of degree $d$. In this paper, by using the results on the Peterson hit problem we present the proof of the fact that the Singer algebraic transfer is an isomorphism for $kleqslant3$. We also explicitly determine the fourth Singer algebraic transfer in some degrees.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Primary cohomology operations in algebraic topology (55S05) Steenrod algebra (55S10) Adams spectral sequences (55T15)

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