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Steenrod squares of polynomials and the Peterson conjecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

R. M. W. Wood
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Manchester

Extract

We are concerned in this paper with polynomials in n variables xi over the field 2 of two elements. The Steenrod squares Sqk are linear operators which act on the variables by the rules

and on the product uv of homogeneous polynomials u and v by the Cartan formula

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1989

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