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The A-decomposability of the Singer construction

Algebraic Topology 2018-09-28 v3

Abstract

Let RsMR_s M denote the Singer construction on an unstable module MM over the Steenrod algebra AA at the prime two; RsMR_s M is canonically a subobject of PsMP_s\otimes M, where PsP_s is the polynomial algebra on s generators of degree one. Passage to AA-indecomposables gives the natural transformation RsMFA(PsM)R_s M \rightarrow F \otimes_A (P_s \otimes M), which identifies with the dual of the composition of the Singer transfer and the Lannes-Zarati homomorphism. The main result of the paper proves the weak generalized algebraic spherical class conjecture, which was proposed by the first named author. Namely, this morphism is trivial on elements of positive degree when s>2. The condition s>2 is necessary, as exhibited by the spherical classes of Hopf invariant one and those of Kervaire invariant one.

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@article{arxiv.1606.09443,
  title  = {The A-decomposability of the Singer construction},
  author = {Nguyen H. V. Hung and Geoffrey Powell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.09443},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

v2 15 pages. Minor revision. v3 17 pages, revision following referee's recommendations. Accepted for publication J. Alg

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