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Dyadic Steenrod algebra and its applications

Algebraic Topology 2017-09-21 v1

Abstract

First, by inspiration of the results of Wood \cite{differential,problems}, but with the methods of non-commutative geometry and different approach, we extend the coefficients of the Steenrod squaring operations from the filed F2\mathbb{F}_2 to the dyadic integers Z2\mathbb{Z}_2 and call the resulted operations the dyadic Steenrod squares, denoted by JqkJq^k. The derivation-like operations JqkJq^k generate a graded algebra, called the dyadic Steenrod algebra, denoted by J2\mathcal{J}_2 acting on the polynomials Z2[ξ1,,ξn]\mathbb{Z}_2[\xi_1, \dots, \xi_n]. Being J2\mathcal{J}_2 an Ore domain, enable us to localize J2\mathcal{J}_2 which leads to the appearance of the integration-like operations JqkJq^{-k} satisfying the JqkJqk=1=JqkJqkJq^{-k}Jq^k=1=Jq^kJq^{-k}. These operations are enough to exhibit a kind of differential equation, the dyadic Steenrod ordinary differential equation. Then we prove that the completion of Z2[ξ1,,ξn]\mathbb{Z}_2[\xi_1, \dots, \xi_n] in the linear transformation norm coincides with a certain Tate algebra. Therefore, the rigid analytic geometry is closely related to the dyadic Steenrod algebra. Finally, we define the Adem norm  A\| \ \|_A in which the completion of Z2[ξ1,,ξn]\mathbb{Z}_2[\xi_1, \dots, \xi_n] is Z2ξ1,,ξn\mathbb{Z}_2\llbracket\xi_1,\dots,\xi_n\rrbracket, the nn-variable formal power series. We surprisingly prove that an element fZ2ξ1,,ξnf \in \mathbb{Z}_2\llbracket \xi_1,\dots,\xi_n\rrbracket is hit if and only if fA<1\|f\|_A<1. This suggests new techniques for the traditional Peterson hit problem in finding the bases for the cohit modules.

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@article{arxiv.1709.06962,
  title  = {Dyadic Steenrod algebra and its applications},
  author = {Ali S. Janfada and Ghorban Soleymanpour},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.06962},
  year   = {2017}
}
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