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Dyer–Lashof operations on Tate cohomology of finite groups

### Martin Langer

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 12 (2012) 829–865
##### Abstract

Let $k={\mathbb{F}}_{p}$ be the field with $p>0$ elements, and let $G$ be a finite group. By exhibiting an ${E}_{\infty }$–operad action on $Hom\left(P,k\right)$ for a complete projective resolution $P$ of the trivial $kG$–module $k$, we obtain power operations of Dyer–Lashof type on Tate cohomology ${Ĥ}^{\ast }\left(G;k\right)$. Our operations agree with the usual Steenrod operations on ordinary cohomology ${H}^{\ast }\left(G\right)$. We show that they are compatible (in a suitable sense) with products of groups, and (in certain cases) with the Evens norm map. These theorems provide tools for explicit computations of the operations for small groups $G$. We also show that the operations in negative degree are nontrivial.

As an application, we prove that at the prime $2$ these operations can be used to determine whether a Tate cohomology class is productive (in the sense of Carlson) or not.

##### Keywords
Tate cohomology, Dyer–Lashof, cohomology operation, finite group
##### Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 20J06, 55S12
##### Publication
Received: 18 June 2011
Revised: 22 November 2011
Accepted: 6 January 2012
Published: 17 April 2012
##### Authors
 Martin Langer Mathematisches Institut Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Endenicher Allee 60 D-53115 Bonn Germany http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/mlanger/