The Tor description conjecture for cohomology of Witt groups

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Let FF be a field with ∣⋅F/⋅F2∣=2n|\cdot F/\cdot F^2|=2^n, so that E=En≅(Z/2)nE=E_n\cong (\mathbb Z/2)^n, and let GF{\mathcal G}_F be the associated WW-group. Let κ1,…,κr∈H2(En)\kappa_1,\dots,\kappa_r\in H^2(E_n) be the kk-invariants of the central extension defining GF{\mathcal G}_F. Choose degree-two polynomial generators b1,…,brb_1,\dots,b_r with bi↦κib_i\mapsto\kappa_i, and let ζ1,…,ζr\zeta_1,\dots,\zeta_r be the corresponding permanent cocycles in bidegree (−1,3)(-1,3). The Tor description conjecture. Up to filtration, there is an isomorphism of algebras

H∗(GF)/(ζ1,…,ζr)≅Tor⁡F2[b1,…,br](F2[F˙/F˙2],F2).H^*({\mathcal G}_F)/(\zeta_1,\dots,\zeta_r)\cong \operatorname{Tor}_{\mathbb F_2[b_1,\dots,b_r]}(\mathbb F_2[\dot F/\dot F^2],\mathbb F_2).

This conjecture describes the cohomology of a WW-group in terms of the Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence associated with its central extension. The source states that it has been verified for all examples known to the authors, but does not establish it in general.

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Alejandro Adem, Dikran Karagueuzian and Jan Minac, “On the cohomology of Galois groups determined by Witt rings”, arXiv:math/9812169 (1998).

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