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Absence of twisting for non-trivial discrete torsion

Group Theory 2025-12-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study discrete torsion for the nn--torus with finite symmetry group GG from the Dijkgraaf--Witten viewpoint. A class in Hn(G,U(1))H^n(G,U(1)) assigns a phase to each flat GG--bundle, equivalently to each commuting nn--tuple in GG up to conjugation. We introduce the subgroup \Brn(G)Hn(G,U(1))\Br^n(G)\subseteq H^n(G,U(1)) of \emph{untwisted} classes, those whose Dijkgraaf--Witten phases are trivial on all commuting tuples, and derive a universal coefficient exact sequence involving this invariant. In degree 22 this recovers the Bogomolov multiplier / unramified Brauer group. We implement algorithms for computing \Brn(G)\Br^n(G) and corresponding torus partition functions, and report on computations for families of finite subgroups of \SU(4)\SU(4).

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@article{arxiv.2512.17068,
  title  = {Absence of twisting for non-trivial discrete torsion},
  author = {Primoz Moravec},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.17068},
  year   = {2025}
}

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