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THE STEENROD ALGEBRA AND OTHER COPOLYNOMIAL HOPF ALGEBRAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2000

M. D. CROSSLEY
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik, P. O. Box 7280, D-53072 Bonn, Germany
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Abstract

We say that a Hopf algebra is copolynomial if its dual is polynomial as an algebra. We re-derive Milnor's result that the mod 2 Steenrod algebra is copolynomial by means of a more general result that is also applicable to a number of other related Hopf algebras.

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© The London Mathematical Society 2000

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