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Adams operation

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Adams operations in K-theory
Adams operations in group representation theory
References

In mathematics, an Adams operation, denoted ψ^k for natural numbers k, is a cohomology operation in topological K-theory, or any allied operation in algebraic K-theory or other types of algebraic construction, defined on a pattern introduced by Frank Adams. The basic idea is to implement some fundamental identities in symmetric function theory, at the level of vector bundles or other representing object in more abstract theories.

Adams operations can be defined more generally in any λ-ring over the rational numbers.

Adams operations in K-theory

Adams operations ψ^k on K theory (algebraic or topological) are characterized by the following properties.

ψ^k are ring homomorphisms.
ψ^k(l)= l^k if l is the class of a line bundle.
ψ^k are functorial.

The fundamental idea is that for a vector bundle V on a topological space X, there is an analogy between Adams operators and exterior powers, in which

ψ^k(V) is to Λ^k(V)

the power sum Σ α^k is to the k-th elementary symmetric function σ_k

of the roots α of a polynomial P(t). (Cf. Newton's identities.) Here Λ^k denotes the k-th exterior power. From classical algebra it is known that the power sums are certain integral polynomials Q_k in the σ_k. The idea is to apply the same polynomials to the Λ^k(V), taking the place of σ_k. This calculation can be defined in a K-group, in which vector bundles may be formally combined by addition, subtraction and multiplication (tensor product). The polynomials here are called Newton polynomials (not, however, the Newton polynomials of interpolation theory).

Justification of the expected properties comes from the line bundle case, where V is a Whitney sum of line bundles. In this special case the result of any Adams operation is naturally a vector bundle, not a linear combination of ones in K-theory. Treating the line bundle direct factors formally as roots is something rather standard in algebraic topology (cf. the Leray–Hirsch theorem). In general a mechanism for reducing to that case comes from the splitting principle for vector bundles.

Adams operations in group representation theory

The Adams operation has a simple expression in group representation theory.^[1] Let G be a group and ρ a representation of G with character χ. The representation ψ^k(ρ) has character

References

1. ^{{cite book | title=Explicit Brauer Induction: With Applications to Algebra and Number Theory | volume=40 | series=Cambridge Studies in Advanced Mathematics | first=V. P. | last=Snaith | authorlink= | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=1994 | isbn=0-521-46015-8 | zbl=0991.20005 | page=108 }}

{{cite journal | last=Adams | first=J.F. | authorlink=Frank Adams | title=Vector Fields on Spheres | journal=Annals of Mathematics |series=Second Series | volume=75 | number=3 | date=May 1962 | pages=603–632 | zbl=0112.38102 | doi=10.2307/1970213}}

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