Dynkin Systems and the One-Point Geometry
Abstract
In this note I demonstrate that the collection of Dynkin systems on finite sets assembles into a Connes-Consani -module, with the collection of partitions of finite sets as a sub-module. The underlying simplicial set of this -module is shown to be isomorphic to the delooping of the Krasner hyperfield , where . The face and degeneracy maps of the underlying simplicial set of the -module of partitions correspond to merging partition blocks and introducing singleton blocks, respectively. I also show that the -module of partitions cannot correspond to a set with a binary operation (even partially defined or multivalued) under the ``Eilenberg-MacLane'' embedding. These results imply that the -fold sum of the Dynkin -module with itself is isomorphic to the -module of the discrete projective geometry on points.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2503.14769,
title = {Dynkin Systems and the One-Point Geometry},
author = {Jonathan Beardsley},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.14769},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
added and clarified exposition, a number of typos repaired, comments always welcome