The cohomology of motivic $A(2)$

Working over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, we compute the cohomology of the subalgebra $A(2)$ of the motivic Steenrod algebra that is generated by $Sq^1$, $Sq^2$, and $Sq^4$. The method of calculation is a motivic version of the May spectral sequence.

Speculatively assuming that there is a “motivic modular forms” spectrum with certain properties, we use an Adams-Novikov spectral sequence to compute the homotopy of such a spectrum at the prime 2.

Keywords

May spectral sequence, motivic homotopy theory, motivic cohomology, Steenrod algebra

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

14F42, 55S10, 55T15

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Published 1 January 2009