On the decomposability of mod 2 cohomological invariants of Weyl groups

DOI10.4171/CMH/503MaRDI QIDQ6301491arXivFDO

Authors Christian Hirsch

Publication date 12 May 2018

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.4171/CMH/503

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galois cohomology (12G05) Higher symbols, Milnor (K)-theory (19D45) Cohomology theory for linear algebraic groups (20G10)

arXiv classification

math.AG

Abstract: We compute the invariants so of Weyl groups in mod 2 Milnor K-theory and more general cycle modules, which are annihilated by 2. Over a base field of characteristic coprime to the group order, the invariants decompose as direct sums of the coefficient module. All basis elements are induced either by Stiefel-Whitney classes or specific invariants in the Witt ring. The proof is based on Serre's splitting principle that guarantees detection of invariants on elementary abelian 2-subgroups generated by reflections.

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