A second counterexample to Singer's conjecture on the algebraic transfer
In this paper, we provide a second explicit counterexample to Singer's injectivity conjecture for the sixth algebraic transfer in bidegree $(6,46).$ This result corrects one of the main theorems in our recent preprint \\cite[Theorem 2.5]{Phuc}. Exact computation gives a two-dimensional transfer domain and a two-dimensional target, so a comparison of dimensions alone is inconclusive. We construct Steenrod-annihilated divided-power polynomials $U$ and $V$, identify the normalized dual coinvariant basis as $[U+V]$ and $[V]$, and exhibit a lambda-algebra element $B$ satisfying $\\psi_6(U+V)=\\delta B$. A nonzero invariant pairing proves that $[U+V]\\neq0$. The other basis element maps to $h_0h_3p_0$, and a complete boundary-space calculation excludes $h_5Ph_1$ from the image. Thus the transfer has one-dimensional kernel, image, and cokernel. We specify the finite matrices and verification procedures, and print every coefficient of the primitives, invariants, boundary, and separating functional in the appendices.
Authors
- Đặng Võ Phúc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6885-3996)
Institutions
- FPT University (VN)
- Quy Nhon University (VN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2026-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22868641
- Primary Topic
- Polynomial and algebraic computation
- Type
- preprint