Simplicial shells and thickness in the partition graph
Abstract
For each positive integer , let be the graph whose vertices are the partitions of , with edges given by elementary transfers of one unit between parts, followed by reordering. We study the local simplex dimension in the clique complex as a geometric thickness invariant of . For a partition , let be its simplicial thickness. This gives threshold thick zones and, relative to the boundary framework of , a shell/core decomposition into outer shells and inner cores . Using local-morphology results established earlier in the series, we work with simplicial thickness as a local invariant. We prove that it is preserved by conjugation, that the induced thick zones, shells, and cores are conjugation-invariant, and that the antennas remain strictly one-dimensional in the simplicial sense and are excluded from all nontrivial thick zones. The first shell order at which a nontrivial shell can occur is therefore , and the corresponding shell is the triangular skin, while higher simplicial regimes form nested higher-order shells inside the triangular regime. We also develop a complete finite computational atlas for , giving first-occurrence tables for the regimes and supporting a finite-range rear-central thickening pattern.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2603.28171,
title = {Simplicial shells and thickness in the partition graph},
author = {Fedor B. Lyudogovskiy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.28171},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
29 pages, 6 figures