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A structural reduction for the symmetric hit problem in four variables
Dang Vo Phuc
https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.02626 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2606.02626 https://arxiv.org/html/2606.02626
arXiv:2606.02626v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Let $\mathcal{A}$ be the mod $2$ Steenrod algebra, and $P(n) = \mathbb{F}_2[x_1, \dots, x_n]$ be the polynomial algebra viewed as an unstable module over $\mathcal{A}$. The symmetric hit conjecture asks whether the symmetrization of a hit monomial in $P(n)$ is always hit in the symmetric invariant subalgebra $B(n) = P(n)^{\Sigma_n}$. While resolved for $n \leq 3$, the case $n=4$ presents significant obstructions due to combinatorial complexity, orbit cancellations intrinsically tied to $\Sigma_4$-stabilizers, and the emergence of strongly spike-free survivor modules. This paper introduces a conditional structural reduction to overcome these obstructions in the domain where the numerical weight satisfies $\mu(d) \leq 4$. By integrating Walker-Wood duality with a new $\Sigma_4$-stabilizer parity analysis, we reduce the global conjecture to localized algebraic conditions: a symmetric lower-spike reduction and a strengthened four-row digital-engineering hypothesis. Assuming these inputs, the conjecture follows by lexicographic induction on the column-sum and row-sum sequences of the binary exponent matrices.
Our approach isolates the four-variable repeated-row anomaly into exact local identities, utilizing global Steenrod-kernel functionals lifted from local spike-free quotients to detect potential survivor elements. Finally, we provide explicit monomial-level computations in degrees $8$, $12$, and $14$, explicitly illustrating the stabilizer mechanism in practice and framing the precise algebraic identities required for a future unconditional proof.
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