Abstract
The Adams operations ψΛn and ψsn on the Green ring of a group G over a field K arise from the study of the exterior powers and symmetric powers of KG-modules. When G is finite and K has prime characteristic p we show that ψΛn and ψsn are periodic in n if and only if the Sylow p-subgroups of G are cyclic. In the case where G is a cyclic p-group we find the minimum periods and use recent work of Symonds to express ψSn in terms of ψΛn. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 989-1002 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra |
Volume | 215 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2011 |