K-theory and the anti-automorphism of the Steenrod algebra
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Abstract:
We give simple proofs of some relations in the Steenrod algebra involving the powers $\mathcal {P}^i$ and their duals $\chi \mathcal {P}^i$ and show how these relations arise from $K$-theory.References
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Additional Information
- M. C. Crabb
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TY, United Kingdom
- Email: m.crabb@maths.abdn.ac.uk
- M. D. Crossley
- Address at time of publication: Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Apartat 50 E-08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
- Email: crossley@bianya.com.es
- J. R. Hubbuck
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB9 2TY, UK
- Email: j.hubbuck@maths.abdn.ac.uk
- Received by editor(s): January 31, 1995
- Communicated by: Eric Friedlander
- © Copyright 1996 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1996), 2275-2281
- MSC (1991): Primary 55S10; Secondary 55N15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-96-03388-6
- MathSciNet review: 1328343