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The$\DeclareMathOperator\Sq{Sq}$The Steenrod squares $Sq^i: H^n(-;\mathbb{F}_2) \to H^{n+i}(-;\mathbb{F}_2)$$\Sq^i: H^n({-};\mathbb{F}_2) \to H^{n+i}({-};\mathbb{F}_2)$ are fundamental cohomological operations. By the Yoneda lemma, it inducesthey induce a map between the Eilenberg-MacLaneEilenberg–MacLane spaces $K(\mathbb{F}_2; n) \to K(\mathbb{F}_2; n +i)$. By Dold-Kanthe Dold–Kan correspondence, this map should be expressible as a chain map (if I'm not mistaken): $$\widehat{Sq^i}: \mathbb{F}_2[-n] \to \mathbb{F}_2[-(n+i)].$$$$\widehat{\Sq^i}: \mathbb{F}_2[-n] \to \mathbb{F}_2[-(n+i)].$$


Question: How todo we explicitly describe $\widehat{Sq^i}$$\widehat{\Sq^i}$? Is it much harder to do this for other finite fields $\mathbb{F}_q$?

The Steenrod squares $Sq^i: H^n(-;\mathbb{F}_2) \to H^{n+i}(-;\mathbb{F}_2)$ are fundamental cohomological operations. By Yoneda lemma, it induces a map between the Eilenberg-MacLane spaces $K(\mathbb{F}_2; n) \to K(\mathbb{F}_2; n +i)$. By Dold-Kan correspondence, this map should be expressible as a chain map (if I'm not mistaken): $$\widehat{Sq^i}: \mathbb{F}_2[-n] \to \mathbb{F}_2[-(n+i)].$$


Question: How to explicitly describe $\widehat{Sq^i}$? Is it much harder to do this for other finite fields $\mathbb{F}_q$?

$\DeclareMathOperator\Sq{Sq}$The Steenrod squares $\Sq^i: H^n({-};\mathbb{F}_2) \to H^{n+i}({-};\mathbb{F}_2)$ are fundamental cohomological operations. By the Yoneda lemma, they induce a map between the Eilenberg–MacLane spaces $K(\mathbb{F}_2; n) \to K(\mathbb{F}_2; n +i)$. By the Dold–Kan correspondence, this map should be expressible as a chain map (if I'm not mistaken): $$\widehat{\Sq^i}: \mathbb{F}_2[-n] \to \mathbb{F}_2[-(n+i)].$$


Question: How do we explicitly describe $\widehat{\Sq^i}$? Is it much harder to do this for other finite fields $\mathbb{F}_q$?

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Steenrod squares in terms of chain maps

The Steenrod squares $Sq^i: H^n(-;\mathbb{F}_2) \to H^{n+i}(-;\mathbb{F}_2)$ are fundamental cohomological operations. By Yoneda lemma, it induces a map between the Eilenberg-MacLane spaces $K(\mathbb{F}_2; n) \to K(\mathbb{F}_2; n +i)$. By Dold-Kan correspondence, this map should be expressible as a chain map (if I'm not mistaken): $$\widehat{Sq^i}: \mathbb{F}_2[-n] \to \mathbb{F}_2[-(n+i)].$$


Question: How to explicitly describe $\widehat{Sq^i}$? Is it much harder to do this for other finite fields $\mathbb{F}_q$?