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Diagonal Simplicial Tensor Modules and Algebraic $n$-Hypergroupoids

Combinatorics 2026-01-08 v2

Abstract

Let AA be a commutative ring, let kZ+k\in\mathbb{Z}^+, and let s=(n1,,nk)(Z+)k\vec{s}=(n_1,\dots,n_k)\in(\mathbb{Z}^+)^k with n=mina(na)1n=\min_a(n_a)-1. We attach to s\vec{s} a diagonal simplicial tensor module X(s;A)X_\bullet(\vec{s};A) whose pp-simplices are functions on a cosimplicial index set Ip(s)NkI_p(\vec{s})\subseteq \mathbb{N}^k. This extends Quillen's diagonal on double semi-simplicial groups: X(s;A)X_\bullet(\vec{s};A) is obtained by restricting a kk-fold simplicial AA-module along the diagonal p(p,,p)p\mapsto(p,\ldots,p). Using a ``missing indices'' description of face kernels, we compute the horn kernels Rp,j(X)R_{p,j}(X) and show that Rp,j(X)0R_{p,j}(X)\neq 0 if and only if kpk\ge p, independently of jj. Consequently, X(s;A)X_\bullet(\vec{s};A) is an algebraic nn-hypergroupoid in the sense of Duskin (1979) and Glenn (1982) if and only if knk\le n, and horn fillers in dimension nn are non-unique if and only if knk\ge n; in particular it is strict precisely when k=nk=n. A Horn Non-Degeneracy Lemma shows that, for p1p\ge 1, Rp,j(X)Dp(X)={0}R_{p,j}(X)\cap D_p(X)=\{0\} and yields a decomposition Xp=Rp,j(X)Dp(X)X_p=R_{p,j}(X)\oplus D_p(X). An explicit shift-and-truncate chain homotopy, equivariant under Stab(s)\operatorname{Stab}(\vec{s}) and compatible with a natural filtration, contracts X(s;A)X_\bullet(\vec{s};A) and forces the associated spectral sequence to collapse at E1E_1. When AA is an infinite field KK, we study simplicial submodules generated by a single tensor via kernel sequences and a moduli map to a product of Grassmannians. The moduli map image is an irreducible and unirational constructible subset of a determinantal incidence variety.

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@article{arxiv.2512.10281,
  title  = {Diagonal Simplicial Tensor Modules and Algebraic $n$-Hypergroupoids},
  author = {Florian Lengyel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.10281},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

31 pages. Minor corrections, notational revision

R2 v1 2026-07-01T08:19:56.119Z