Polynomial-generator conjecture for the cohomology of K1+k(σ1)K_{1+k(\sigma-1)}

Let K1+k(σ1)K_{1+k(\sigma-1)} be a C2C_2-equivariant Eilenberg–Mac Lane space, with k0k\geq 0. The known initial cases are

H(K1)=P(x1),H(Kσ)=P(xσ,x1+σ)/(xσ2+axσ+ux1+σ).H^{\ast}(K_1)=P(x_1),\qquad H^{\ast}(K_{\sigma})=P(x_{\sigma},x_{1+\sigma})/(x_{\sigma}^{2}+ax_{\sigma}+ux_{1+\sigma}).

Polynomial-generator conjecture. H(K1+k(σ1))H^{\star}(K_{1+k(\sigma-1)}) is a polynomial algebra on k+1k+1 generators with kk relations; the square of each of the first kk generators is a linear combination of the other generators. The dimensions of the first kk generators are obtained recursively by adding σ1\sigma-1 to the dimensions of the generators for H^{\star}(K_{1+(k-1)(\sigma-1)})}, and the last generator has dimension

kσ+2kk.k\sigma+2^k-k.

This conjecture would provide the inductive input for applying the Borel theorem to compute H(K1+m+k(σ1))H^{\star}(K_{1+m+k(\sigma-1)}) for m0m\geq 0. The stated recursive pattern is illustrated by the case k=3k=3, but the source gives no resolution of the conjecture.

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UĞur Yiğit, “RO(C_2)-graded Cohomology of C_2-equivariant Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces”, arXiv:2301.04714 (2023).

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