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SERRE'S THEOREM ON THE COHOMOLOGY ALGEBRA OF A p-GROUP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1998

PHAM ANH MINH
PHAM ANH MINH
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, College of Sciences, University of Hue, Dai hoc Khoa hoc, Hue, Vietnam
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Abstract

The purpose of this note is to give a proof of a theorem of Serre, which states that if G is a p-group which is not elementary abelian, then there exist an integer m and non-zero elements x1, … xm∈H1 (G, Z/p) such that

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with β the Bockstein homomorphism. Denote by mG the smallest integer m satisfying the above property. The theorem was originally proved by Serre [5], without any bound on mG. Later, in [2], Kroll showed that mG[les ]pk−1, with k=dimZ/pH1 (G, Z/p). Serre, in [6], also showed that mG[les ](pk−1)/ (p−1). In [3], using the Evens norm map, Okuyama and Sasaki gave a proof with a slight improvement on Serre's bound; it follows from their proof (see, for example, [1, Theorem 4.7.3]) that mG[les ](p+1) pk−2. However, mG can be sharpened further, as we see below.

For convenience, write H*ast;(G, Z/p)=H*(G). For every xi∈H1(G), set

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Type
Notes and Papers
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Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society , Volume 30 , Issue 5 , September 1998 , pp. 518 - 520
Copyright
© The London Mathematical Society 1998

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