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Cubical setting for discrete homotopy theory, revisited

Combinatorics 2025-12-23 v3 Algebraic Topology Category Theory

Abstract

We construct a functor associating a cubical set to a (simple) graph. We show that cubical sets arising in this way are Kan complexes, and that the A-groups of a graph coincide with the homotopy groups of the associated Kan complex. We use this to prove a conjecture of Babson, Barcelo, de Longueville, and Laubenbacher from 2006, and a strong version of the Hurewicz theorem in discrete homotopy theory.

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@article{arxiv.2202.03516,
  title  = {Cubical setting for discrete homotopy theory, revisited},
  author = {Daniel Carranza and Chris Kapulkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.03516},
  year   = {2025}
}

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version accepted for publication

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