The nilpotence height of P-t(s) for odd primes

Authors
Citation
I. Karaca, The nilpotence height of P-t(s) for odd primes, T AM MATH S, 351(2), 1999, pp. 547-558
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
ISSN journal
00029947 → ACNP
Volume
351
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
547 - 558
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9947(199902)351:2<547:TNHOPF>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
K. G. Monks has recently shown that the element Pb has nilpotence height 2[ s/t] + 2 in the mod 2 Steenrod algebra. Here the method and result are gene ralized to show that for an odd prime p the element Pb has nilpotence heigh t p[s/t] + p in the mod p Steenrod algebra.