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The Hodge Structure of the Coloring Complex of a Hypergraph (Extended Abstract)

Sarah C Rundell (1), Jane H Long (2)
(1) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science [Granville]
(2) Department of Mathematics
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DMTCS Proceedings vol. AN, 22nd International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2010)
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10.46298/dmtcs.2830
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The Hodge Structure of the Coloring Complex of a Hypergraph (Extended Abstract)

Sarah C Rundell (1), Jane H Long (2)
(1) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science [Granville]
(2) Department of Mathematics
Abstract
English
Let $G$ be a simple graph with $n$ vertices. The coloring complex$ Δ (G)$ was defined by Steingrímsson, and the homology of $Δ (G)$ was shown to be nonzero only in dimension $n-3$ by Jonsson. Hanlon recently showed that the Eulerian idempotents provide a decomposition of the homology group $H_{n-3}(Δ (G))$ where the dimension of the $j^th$ component in the decomposition, $H_{n-3}^{(j)}(Δ (G))$, equals the absolute value of the coefficient of $λ ^j$ in the chromatic polynomial of $G, _{\mathcal{χg}}(λ )$. Let $H$ be a hypergraph with $n$ vertices. In this paper, we define the coloring complex of a hypergraph, $Δ (H)$, and show that the coefficient of $λ ^j$ in $χ _H(λ )$ gives the Euler Characteristic of the $j^{th}$ Hodge subcomplex of the Hodge decomposition of $Δ (H)$. We also examine conditions on a hypergraph, $H$, for which its Hodge subcomplexes are Cohen-Macaulay, and thus where the absolute value of the coefficient of $λ ^j$ in $χ _H(λ )$ equals the dimension of the $j^{th}$ Hodge piece of the Hodge decomposition of $Δ (H)$.
French
Soit $G$ un graphe simple à n sommets. Le complexe de coloriage $Δ (G)$ a été défini par Steingrímsson et Jonsson a prouvé que l'homologie de $Δ (G)$ est non nulle seulement en dimension $n-3$. Hanlon a récemment prouvé que les idempotents eulériens fournissent une décomposition du groupe d'homologie $H_{n-3}(Δ (G))$ où la dimension de la $j^e$ composante dans la décomposition de $H_{n-3}^{(j)}(Δ (G))$ est égale à la valeur absolue du coefficient de $λ ^j$ dans le polynôme chromatique de $G, _{\mathcal{χg}}(λ )$ . Soit H un hypergraphe à $n$ sommets. Dans ce texte, nous définissons le complexe de coloration d'un hypergraphe $Δ (H)$ et nous prouvons que le coefficient de $λ ^j$ dans $χ _H(λ )$ donne la caractéristique d'Euler du $j^e$ sous-complexe de Hodge dans la décomposition de Hodge de Δ (H). Nous examinons également des conditions sur un hypergraphe H pour lesquelles les sous-complexes de Hodge sont Cohen-Macaulay. Ainsi la valeur absolue du coefficient de $λ ^j$ in $χ _H(λ )$ est égale à la dimension du $j^e$sous-complexe de Hodge dans la décomposition de Hodge de $Δ (H)$.
Keywords
  • [MATH.MATH-CO]Mathematics [math]/Combinatorics [math.CO]
  • [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM]
  • coloring complex
  • hypergraph
  • chromatic polynomial
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