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The Action of the Steenrod algebra in the Cohomology of BF4
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Organization: | Tokyo Denki University |
Department: | Faculty of Information Environment |
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2003 International Mathematica Symposium
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Imperial College, London
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The aim of this article is to demonstrate the use of Mathematica in computations in algebraic topology. While Mathematica, which aims to be a general purpose numeric-symbolic program, can never be as efficient a tool for research level symbolic computation algebra as more specialized programs, the dramatic increase in the speed of personal computers has made such use entirely feasible. We choose as an example a rather arcane subject: the computation of the action of the Steenrod operations in cohomology of the classifying space of the exceptional Lie group F4.
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algebraic topology, symbolic computation algebra, Steenrod operations, Lie group F4
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