Questions tagged [cohomology-operations]
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Is there any results about the stable (or unstable) cohomology operations on cohomology of Lie groups?
$\DeclareMathOperator\SU{SU}$For the $\mod p$ singular cohomology of classical Lie groups, such as $H^*(\SU(n); \mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z})$, there are well known results about the actions of the stable ...
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When the Pontryagin square is an even class?
Let $n$ be an even integer and $X$ a manifold. Given a cohomology class $B \in H^k(X,\mathbb{Z}_n)$, the Pontryagin square is a class $\mathfrak{P}(B)\in H^{2k}(X,\mathbb{Z}_{2n})$. Is it true that if ...
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Relation between cohomology operations and the Adams spectral sequence
$\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb Z} \DeclareMathOperator{\Ext}{Ext}
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I'm trying to understand how higher order cohomology operations are related to the Adams spectral ...
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When is an ideal in the cohomology ring the kernel of a map induced by a map of spaces?
Let $X$ be a space and $I$ be an ideal in the cohomology ring $H^*(X)$.
I am interested in the question whether there is a map of spaces $Y\rightarrow X$ such that $I$ is the kernel of the induced map ...
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Borel equivariant cohomology operations
Fix a group $G$. For an abelian coefficient group $A$ let $H^*_G(-;A):=H^*(EG\times_G-;A)$ be the Borel cohomology with $A$ coefficents. This is a functor from $G$-spaces to graded abelian groups ...
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Is every additive cohomology operation stable?
To start, let's work with mod $p$ cohomology $H\mathbb F_p$ where $p$ is a prime. Consider the following three things:
The bigraded abelian group of all unstable cohomology operations, comprising all ...
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Does every map $K(\mathbb{Z}, n) \to K(\mathbb{Z}/m, n + k)$ factor through $K(\mathbb{Z}/m, n)$?
Recall that a cohomology operation is a natural transformation $H^n(-; \pi) \to H^{n+k}(-; G)$ defined on CW complexes.
Does every cohomology operation $H^n(-; \mathbb{Z}) \to H^{n+k}(-; \mathbb{Z}/m)...
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Ádem relations for the Steenrod and the Dyer–Lashof algebra
In this paper by Nondas Kechagias, the Steenrod algebra and the Dyer–Lashof algebra are compared. The rough difference ist:
The Steenrod algebra arises by dividing out the “cohomological” Ádem ...
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When are cohomology operations determined by their action on coefficients?
It is well-known that K-theory operations are determined by the action on coefficients, but I don't know the right way to prove this fact, nor a reference for the same. On the other hand, clearly this ...
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Steenrod squares as power operations vs. as cohomomology operations
There are already several excellent questions and answers on MO regarding Steenrod squares, understanding them in various ways and relating them to power operations and I think I get this. Still, I am ...
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Massey products in the Steenrod algebra
When building $kU/2$ via its Postnikov tower, there are some interesting Massey products that show up in the Steenrod algebra, and I'd like to understand them. I bet these appear somewhere in the ...
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Eilenberg-Moore spectral sequence for path-loop fibration over Q\Sigma X (reference request)
Related to the question here, here is another question. Consider the kernel of the map $H_*(QY;Z/p)\rightarrow H_{*+1}(Q\Sigma Y;Z/p)$. restricted to
$PH_*(QY)$, and let's say $Y$ itself is a ...
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The behaviour of the suspension homomorphism on $H_*(QX;Z/p)$ for odd $p$ (Reference request)
The mod $p$ homology of $QX=\Omega ^{\infty}\Sigma ^{\infty}X$ for connected $X$ was computed by Dyer-Lashof Homology of Iterated Loop Spaces, Amer. J. of Math., vol.84, No.1 pp 35-88. 1962 It follows ...
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Definition of E-infinity operad
What is the definition of $E_\infty$-operad in the category of chain complexes over $\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}$? J. Smith in http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0004003 define it for complexes over $\mathbb{Z}$ (...
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Pontryagin square of Stiefel-Whitney classes and Pontryagin classes
On a four-manifold, there is apparently a relation between the first Pontryagin class modulo 4 and the Pontryagin square of the second Stiefel-Whitney class:
$\mathfrak{P}(w_2) = p_1 \; {\rm mod} \; ...
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Operations via Morse Theory
I am interested in seeing if and how Morse Theory can "do everything". Some core things are handle decomposition, Bott periodicity, and Euler characteristic. But what do the normal (co)...
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The Norm Map in (group) cohomology via classifying spaces
The well-known transfer map in group (co)homology can be defined with only homological algebra, or with algebraic topology via classifying spaces (group cohomology of $G$ is isomorphic to ordinary ...
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What do cohomology operations have to do with the non-existence of commutative cochains over $\mathbb{Z}$?
Let $X$ be a topological space. In elementary algebraic topology, the cup product $\phi \cup \psi$ of cochains $\phi \in H^p(X), \psi \in H^q(X)$ is defined on a chain $\sigma \in C_{p+q}(X)$ by $(\...