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Quotient rings of $H\mathbb{F}_2 \wedge H\mathbb{F}_2$

Algebraic Topology 2021-03-30 v1

Abstract

We study modules over the commutative ring spectrum HF2HF2H\mathbb F_2\wedge H\mathbb F_2, whose coefficient groups are quotients of the dual Steenrod algebra by collections of the Milnor generators. We show that very few of these quotients admit algebra structures, but those that do can be constructed simply: killing a generator ξk\xi_k in the category of associative algebras freely kills the higher generators ξk+n\xi_{k+n}. Using new information about the conjugation operation in the dual Steenrod algebra, we also consider quotients by families of Milnor generators and their conjugates. This allows us to produce a family of associative HF2HF2H\mathbb F_2\wedge H\mathbb F_2-algebras whose coefficient rings are finite-dimensional and exhibit unexpected duality features. We then use these algebras to give detailed computations of the homotopy groups of several modules over this ring spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.2103.14707,
  title  = {Quotient rings of $H\mathbb{F}_2 \wedge H\mathbb{F}_2$},
  author = {Agnes Beaudry and Michael A. Hill and Tyler Lawson and XiaoLin Danny Shi and Mingcong Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.14707},
  year   = {2021}
}