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Examples of non-zero negative Steenrod operations

Notice the switch in grading from homology to cohomology on May's page 182: $P^s(x) = P_{-s}(x)$. Operations that raise degree when graded homologically lower degree when graded cohomologically. A la …
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Massey products in the Steenrod algebra

Here is a reference from way back: Kristensen, Leif. Massey products in Steenrod's algebra. 1970 Proc. Advanced Study Inst. on Algebraic Topology (Aarhus, 1970), Vol. II pp. 240–255 Mat. Inst., Aarhus …
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Do people still use Massey Products for computations in the Adams Spectral Sequence

Why would anything computationally useful be obsolete? Massey products and Toda brackets are intrinsic to stable homotopy theory. It is guaranteed in advance that every element of $E_2$ of the clas …
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Why are cup-i products and Steenrod Squares often (always?) unary?

Under suitable hypotheses, Gugenheim and I use the binary $\cup_1$ and especially the fact that it is a graded derivation (Hirsch formula) as the key to giving a calculation of $H^*(G/H)$ as the torsi …
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