Detection of a new nontrivial family in the stable homotopy of spheres $ \mbf{\pi_{\ast}S} $

Abstract

To determine the stable homotopy groups of spheres is one of the central problems in homotopy theory. Let $ A $ be the mod $ p $ Steenrod algebra and $S$ the sphere spectrum localized at an odd prime $ p $. In this article, it is proved that for $ p\geqslant 7 $, $ n\geqslant 4 $ and $ 3\leqslant s $, $ b_0 h_1 h_n \tilde{\gamma}_{s} \in Ext_A^{s+4,\ast}(\mathbb{Z}_p,\mathbb{Z}_p) $ is a permanent cycle in the Adams spectral sequence and converges to a nontrivial element of order $ p $ in the stable homotopy groups of spheres $ \pi_{p^nq+sp^{2}q+(s+1)pq+(s-2)q-7}S $, where $ q=2(p-1 ) $.