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3-torsion in the Homology of Complexes ofGraphs of Bounded Degree

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Jakob Jonsson
Jakob Jonsson*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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For $\delta \ge 1$ and $n\ge 1$, consider the simplicial complex of graphs on $n$ vertices in which each vertex has degree at most $\delta$; we identify a given graph with its edge set and admit one loop at each vertex. This complex is of some importance in the theory of semigroup algebras. When $\delta =1$, we obtain the matching complex, for which it is known that there is 3-torsion in degree $d$ of the homology whenever $\left( n-4 \right)/3\le d\le \left( n-6 \right)/2$. This paper establishes similar bounds for $\delta \ge 2$. Specifically, there is 3-torsion in degree $d$ whenever

$$\frac{\left( 3\delta -1 \right)n-8}{6}\le d\le \frac{\delta \left( n-1 \right)-4}{2}.$$

The procedure for detecting torsion is to construct an explicit cycle $z$ that is easily seen to have the property that $3z$ is a boundary. Defining a homomorphism that sends $z$ to a non-boundary element in the chain complex of a certain matching complex, we obtain that $z$ itself is a non-boundary. In particular, the homology class of $z$ has order 3.

Keywords

05E4555U1005C0720K10simplicial complexsimplicial homologytorsion groupvertex degree
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , 01 August 2013 , pp. 843 - 862
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2013

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