Odd-primary algebraic transfer injectivity conjecture in ranks at most four

Let VV be an elementary abelian group of rank hh, let pp be an odd prime, and let Ap\mathscr A_p be the mod-pp Steenrod algebra. The algebraic transfer is the homomorphism

TrhAp(Fp):(FpGL(h,Fp)AnnApH(V;Fp))nExtAph,h+n(Fp,Fp).Tr_h^{\mathscr A_p}(\mathbb F_p): (\mathbb F_p\otimes_{GL(h,\mathbb F_p)}\operatorname{Ann}_{\overline{\mathscr A_p}}H_*(V;\mathbb F_p))_n\longrightarrow \operatorname{Ext}_{\mathscr A_p}^{h,h+n}(\mathbb F_p,\mathbb F_p).

Odd-primary transfer conjecture. The transfer homomorphism TrhAp(Fp)Tr_h^{\mathscr A_p}(\mathbb F_p) is one-to-one for any odd prime pp and 1h41\leq h\leq 4. This extends the known low-rank results at odd primes and is posed as an open problem.

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Primary source

Dang Vo Phuc, “A note on the hit problem for the polynomial algebra in the case of odd primes and its application”, arXiv:2510.17908 (2025).

Additional references

9 papers in this index state this conjecture (2009–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2505.21222, arXiv:2403.09515, arXiv:2011.12374, arXiv:1801.04189, arXiv:1801.00225, arXiv:1510.03598, arXiv:1405.3695, arXiv:0911.2808.

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