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Acta Mathematica Vietnamica

On a Minimal Set of Generators for the Polynomial Algebra of Five Variables as a Module over the Steenrod Algebra

Dang Vo Phuc , icon-email Nguyen Sum

Abstract

Let Pk be the graded polynomial algebra F2[x1,x2,,xk] over the prime field of two elements, F2, with the degree of each xi being 1. We study the hit problem, set up by Frank Peterson, of finding a minimal set of generators for Pk as a module over the mod-2 Steenrod algebra, A. In this paper, we explicitly determine a minimal set of A-generators for Pk in the case k=5 and the degree 4(2d1) with d an arbitrary positive integer.