A Four-filtrated May Spectral Sequence and Its Applications

In this paper, we introduce a four-filtrated version of the May spectral sequence (MSS), from which we study the general properties of the spectral sequence and give a collapse theorem. We also give an efficient method to detect generators of May E 1-term E 1 s,t,b,* for a given (s, t, b, *). As an application, we give a method to prove the non-triviality of some compositions of the known homotopy elements in the classical Adams spectral sequence (ASS).

A Nontrivial Product in the May Spectral Sequence

In this paper,we prove the non-triviality of the product h 0 k o δ s＋4 ∈ Ext s＋6,t（s） A （Z p ,Z p ） in the classical Adams spectral sequence,where p ≥ 11,0 ≤ s p-4,t（s） = （s ＋ 4）p 3 q ＋ （s ＋ 3）p 2 q ＋ （s ＋ 4）pq ＋ （s ＋ 3）q ＋ s with q = 2（p-1）.The elementary method of proof is by explicit combinatorial analysis of the （modified） May spectral sequence.

A NON-TRIVIAL PRODUCT OF FILTRATION s+6 IN THE STABLE HOMOTOPY GROUPS OF SPHERES

By a method improving that of [1], the authors prove the existence of a non-trivial product of filtration, s ＋ 6, in the stable homotopy groups of sphere, πt-6S, which is represented up to non-zero scalar by β^-s＋2ho（hmbn-1 -hnbm-1） ∈ ExtA^s＋6,t＋s（Zp, Zp） in the Adams spectral sequence, where p ≥ 7, n ≥ m ＋ 2 ≥ 5, q = 2（p- 1）, 0 ≤ s 〈 p - 2, t= （s ＋ 2 ＋ （s ＋ 2）p ＋ p^m ＋ p^n）q. The advantage of this method is to extend the range of s without much complicated argument as in [1].

A NEW FAMILY OF FILTRATION s+6 IN THE STABLE HOMOTOPY GROUPS OF SPHERES

In the year 2002, Lin detected a nontrivial family in the stable homotopy groups of spheres ;π-6S which is represented by hngoγ^-3 ∈ Ext^6tA（Zp, Zp） in the Adams spectral sequence, where t = 2p^n（p- 1）＋ 6（p^2 ＋p ＋ 1）（p- 1） and p ≥ 7 is a prime number. This article generalizes the result and proves the existence of a new nontrivial family of filtration s ＋ 6 in the stable homotopy groups of spheres πt1-8-6S which is represented by bygoγ^s＋3 ∈ Ext^s＋6＋t1Atl （Zp, Zp） in the Adams spectral sequence, where n≥ 4, 0 ≤ s 〈 p - 4, t1 = 2p^n（p- 1） ＋ 2（p- 1）（（s ＋ 3）p^2 ＋ （s ＋ 3）p ＋ （s ＋ 3）） ＋ s.

On the Convergence of Products _sh_1h_n in the Adams Spectral Sequence

Abstract Let A be the mod p Steenrod algebra and S the sphere spectrum localized at p, where p is an odd prime. In 2001 Lin detected a new family in the stable homotopy of spheres which is represented by （b0hn-h1bn-1）∈ ExtA^3,（p^n＋p）q（Zp,Zp） in the Adams spectral sequence. At the same time, he proved that i.（hlhn） ∈ExtA^2,（p^n＋P）q（H^＊M, Zp） is a permanent cycle in the Adams spectral sequence and converges to a nontrivial element ξn∈π（p^n＋p）q-2M. In this paper, with Lin＇s results, we make use of the Adams spectral sequence and the May spectral sequence to detect a new nontrivial family of homotopy elements jj′j^-γsi^-i′ξn in the stable homotopy groups of spheres. The new one is of degree p^nq ＋ sp^2q ＋ spq ＋ （s - 2）q ＋ s - 6 and is represented up to a nonzero scalar by hlhnγ-s in the E2^s＋2,＊-term of the Adams spectral sequence, where p ≥ 7, q = 2（p - 1）, n ≥ 4 and 3 ≤ s 〈 p.

Some Secondary Differentials on the Fourth Line of the Adams Spectral Sequence

In this paper,we determine some nontrivial secondary Adams differentials on the fourth line Ext^(4,*)_A(Z/p,Z/p)of the classical Adams spectral sequence.Specially,among these differentials,two of them are obtained via the matrix Massey products.

A Nontrivial Homotopy Element of Order p2 Detected by the Classical Adams Spectral Sequence

Let p be an odd prime.The authors detect a nontrivial element p of order p^2 in the stable homotopy groups of spheres by the classical Adams spectral sequence.It is represented by a_0^(p-2)h_1 ∈ Ext_A^(p-1,pq+p-2)(Z/p,Z/p) in the E_2-term of the ASS and meanwhile p · p is the first periodic element αp.

A nontrivial product in the stable homotopy groups of spheres

Let A be the mod p Steenrod algebra for p an arbitrary odd prime. In 1962, Liulevicius described h i and b k in Ext* A ’*(Zp,Zp) having bigrading (1, sui— 1) and (2, 2p k+1 x(p— 1)), respectively. In this paper we prove that for p ≥ 7, n ≥ 4 and $3 \leqslant s < p - 1, h_0 b_{n - 1} \tilde \gamma _s \in Ext_A^{s + 3,p^n q + sp^2 q + (s - 1)pq + (s - 1)q + s - 3} (Z_p ,Z_p )$ survives to E∞ in the Adams spectral sequence, where q = 2(p — 1).

A Nontrivial Product of Filtration s+5 in the Stable Homotopy of Spheres

In this paper, some groups Ext A^s.t （Zp, Zp） with specialized s and t are first computed by the May spectrM sequence. Then we make use of the Adams spectral sequence to prove the existence of a new nontrivial family of filtration s＋5 in the stable homotopy groups of spheres πpnq＋（s＋3）pq＋（s＋1）q-5S which is represented （up to a nonzero scalar） by β＋2bohh∈ExtA^s＋5,P^nq＋（n＋3）pq＋（n＋1）q＋s（Zp, Zp） in the Adams spectral sequence, where p ≥ 5 is a prime number, n ≥3, 0≤ s 〈 p - 3, q = 2（p - 1）.

The Convergence of (r|~)_s(b_0h_n-h_1b_(n-1))

This paper computes the Thom map on γ2 and proves that it is represented by 2b2,0h1,2 in the ASS. The authors also compute the higher May differential of b2,0, from which it is proved that γ^～s（b0hn - h1bn-1） for 2 ≤ s 〈 p - 1 are permanent cycles in the ASS.

On a family involving R.L. Cohen's ζ-element(II)

In 1981, Cohen constructed an infinite family of homotopy elements ζk∈ π＊（S） represented by h0bk ∈ ExtA3,2（p-1）（pk＋1＋1）（z/p,Z/p） in the Adams spectral sequence, where p 〉 2 and k ≥ 1. In this paper, we make use of the Adams spectral sequence and the May spectral sequence to prove that the composite map ζn-1β2γs＋3 is nontrivial in the stable homotopy groups of spheres πt（s,n）-s-8（S）, where p ≥7, n 〉 3, 0≤s 〈p-5 andt（s,n） =2（p-1）[pn＋（s＋3）p2＋（s＋4）p＋（s＋3）]＋s.

Four Families of Nontrivial Product Elements in the Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres

In this paper,the authors introduce a new effective method to compute the generators of the E-term of the May spectral sequence.This helps them to obtain four families of non-trivial product elements in the stable homotopy groups of spheres.

A ■_n-Related Family of Homotopy Elements in the Stable Homotopy of Spheres

To determine the stable homotopy groups of spheres π＊（S） is one of the central problems in homotopy theory. Let p be a prime greater than 5. The authors make use of the May spectral sequence and the Adams spectral sequence to prove the existence of a Bn-related family of homotopy elements, β1ωnγs, in the stable homotopy groups of spheres, where Bn〉 3, 3≤s〈 p-2 and the Bn-element was detected by X. Liu.