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Nonconstant hexagon relations and their cohomology

Quantum Algebra 2021-01-07 v2 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

A construction of hexagon relations - algebraic realizations of four-dimensional Pachner moves - is proposed. It goes in terms of "permitted colorings" of 3-faces of pentachora (4-simplices), and its main feature is that the set of permitted colorings is nonconstant - varies from pentachoron to pentachoron. Further, a cohomology theory is formulated for these hexagon relations, and its nontriviality is demonstrated on explicit examples.

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@article{arxiv.1812.10072,
  title  = {Nonconstant hexagon relations and their cohomology},
  author = {Igor G. Korepanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.10072},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

26 pages; v2: improvements in Section 6, expression for 4-cocycle corrected