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Graph de Rham Cohomology and the Automorphsim Group

Combinatorics 2020-03-24 v1 Mathematical Physics Algebraic Topology Differential Geometry math.MP

Abstract

We introduce a graph-theoretical interpretation of an induced action of Aut(Γ)(\Gamma) in the discrete de Rham cohomology of a finite graph Γ\Gamma. This action produces a splitting of Aut(Γ)(\Gamma) that depends on the cycles of Γ\Gamma. We also prove some graph-theoretical analogues of standard results in differential geometry, in particular, a graph version of Stokes' Theorem and the Mayer-Vietoris sequence in cohomology.

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@article{arxiv.2003.09704,
  title  = {Graph de Rham Cohomology and the Automorphsim Group},
  author = {Ivan Contreras and Andrew Rosevear},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09704},
  year   = {2020}
}

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15 pages, 4 figures

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