{ "id": "1412.1709", "version": "v1", "published": "2014-12-04T16:00:22.000Z", "updated": "2014-12-04T16:00:22.000Z", "title": "The hit problem for the polynomial algebra of four variables", "authors": [ "Nguyen Sum" ], "comment": "240 pages", "categories": [ "math.AT" ], "abstract": "We study the problem of determining a minimal set of generators for the polynomial algebra $\\mathbb F_2[x_1,x_2,\\ldots,x_k]$ as a module over the mod-2 Steenrod algebra $\\mathcal{A}$. In this paper, we give an explicit answer in terms of the monomials for $k=4$.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2014-12-04T16:00:22.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "55S10", "55S05", "55T15" ], "keywords": [ "polynomial algebra", "hit problem", "minimal set", "steenrod algebra", "explicit answer" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 240, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1412.1709S" } } }