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Random Balanced Cayley Complexes

Combinatorics 2022-11-07 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite group of order nn and for 1ik+11 \leq i \leq k+1 let Vi={i}×GV_i=\{i\} \times G. Viewing each ViV_i as a 00-dimensional complex, let YG,kY_{G,k} denote the simplicial join V1Vk+1V_1*\cdots*V_{k+1}. For AGA \subset G let YA,kY_{A,k} be the subcomplex of YG,kY_{G,k} that contains the (k1)(k-1)-skeleton of YG,kY_{G,k} and whose kk-simplices are all {(1,x1),,(k+1,xk+1)}YG,k\{(1,x_1),\ldots,(k+1,x_{k+1})\} \in Y_{G,k} such that x1xk+1Ax_1\cdots x_{k+1} \in A. Let Lk1L_{k-1} denote the reduced (k1)(k-1)-th Laplacian of YA,kY_{A,k}, acting on the space Ck1(YA,k)C^{k-1}(Y_{A,k}) of real valued (k1)(k-1)-cochains of YA,kY_{A,k}. The (k1)(k-1)-th spectral gap μk1(YA,k)\mu_{k-1}(Y_{A,k}) of YA,kY_{A,k} is the minimal eigenvalue of Lk1L_{k-1}. The following kk-dimensional analogue of the Alon-Roichman theorem is proved: Let k1k \geq 1 and ϵ>0\epsilon>0 be fixed and let AA be a random subset of GG of size m=10k2logDϵ2m= \left\lceil\frac{10 k^2\log D}{\epsilon^2}\right\rceil where DD is the sum of the degrees of the complex irreducible representations of GG. Then Pr[ μk1(YA,k)<(1ϵ)m ]=O(1n). {\rm Pr}\big[~\mu_{k-1}(Y_{A,k}) < (1-\epsilon)m~\big] =O\left(\frac{1}{n}\right).

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@article{arxiv.2211.02085,
  title  = {Random Balanced Cayley Complexes},
  author = {Roy Meshulam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.02085},
  year   = {2022}
}

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18 pages

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