The hit problem for the Dickson algebra

Hưng, Nguyễn; Nam, Tran

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-01-02705-2

The hit problem for the Dickson algebra
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Abstract:

Let the mod 2 Steenrod algebra, $\mathcal {A}$, and the general linear group, $GL(k,{\mathbb {F}}_2)$, act on $P_{k}:={\mathbb {F}}_2[x_{1},...,x_{k}]$ with $|x_{i}|=1$ in the usual manner. We prove the conjecture of the first-named author in Spherical classes and the algebraic transfer, (Trans. Amer. Math Soc. 349 (1997), 3893–3910) stating that every element of positive degree in the Dickson algebra $D_{k}:=(P_{k})^{GL(k, {\mathbb {F}}_2)}$ is $\mathcal {A}$-decomposable in $P_{k}$ for arbitrary $k>2$. This conjecture was shown to be equivalent to a weak algebraic version of the classical conjecture on spherical classes, which states that the only spherical classes in $Q_0S^0$ are the elements of Hopf invariant one and those of Kervaire invariant one.

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