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Bocksteins Steenrod Squares and Cohomology Operations — Examples

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1 · Prerequisites
Abstract Algebra
Algebraic Topology
Category Theory
Combinatorics
Coxeter Groups
Homological Algebra
Linear Algebra
Number Theory
Real Analysis
Set Theory
Topology
2 · Logical flowchart

3 · Items

Example

Bockstein detects integral two-torsion in real projective space

Example

Steenrod squares on real projective space

Example

Steenrod squares on complex projective space mod two

Example

The relation Sq¹Sq¹=0

Example

Wu classes of a closed surface

Counterexample

Top squares do not determine lower squares

Counterexample

Steenrod squares do not all lift integrally

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