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On the hit problem for the polynomial algebra
[Sur le hit problem pour lʼalgèbre polynomiale]
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 351 (2013) no. 13-14, pp. 565-568.

Nous étudions le problème suivant soulevé par F. Peterson : déterminer un système minimal de générateurs comme module sur lʼalgèbre de Steenrod pour lʼalgèbre polynomiale Pk:=F2[x1,x2,,xk], problème appelé hit problem en anglais. Dans ce but, nous étudions un ensemble minimal de générateurs pour le A-module Pk dans certains degrés dits génériques. En appliquant ces résultats, nous déterminons explicitement le hit problem pour k=4.

We study the hit problem, set up by F. Peterson, of finding a minimal set of generators for the polynomial algebra Pk:=F2[x1,x2,,xk] as a module over the mod-2 Steenrod algebra, A. In this Note, we study a minimal set of generators for A-module Pk in some so-called generic degrees and apply these results to explicitly determine the hit problem for k=4.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2013.07.016
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1 Department of Mathematics, Quy Nhơn University, 170 An Dương Vương, Quy Nhơn, Bi`nh Định, Viet Nam
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Sum, Nguyễn. On the hit problem for the polynomial algebra. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 351 (2013) no. 13-14, pp. 565-568. doi : 10.1016/j.crma.2013.07.016. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.crma.2013.07.016/

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The work was supported in part by a grant of NAFOSTED.