Reduced power operations are algebraic operations in the context of cohomology that generalize the idea of taking a power of an element in a cohomological ring, but with a focus on how these operations behave under certain restrictions. They play a significant role in understanding the relationships between different cohomology theories and the structure of the associated rings, particularly in how they interact with classes in these theories.
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