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Spectral expansion of random sum complexes

Combinatorics 2018-01-22 v1

Abstract

Let GG be a finite abelian group of order nn and let Δn1\Delta_{n-1} denote the (n1)(n-1)-simplex on the vertex set GG. The sum complex XA,kX_{A,k} associated to a subset AGA \subset G and k<nk < n, is the kk-dimensional simplicial complex obtained by taking the full (k1)(k-1)-skeleton of Δn1\Delta_{n-1} together with all (k+1)(k+1)-subsets σG\sigma \subset G that satisfy xσxA\sum_{x \in \sigma} x \in A. Let Ck1(XA,k)C^{k-1}(X_{A,k}) denote the space of complex valued (k1)(k-1)-cochains of XA,kX_{A,k}. Let Lk1:Ck1(XA,k)Ck1(XA,k)L_{k-1}:C^{k-1}(X_{A,k}) \rightarrow C^{k-1}(X_{A,k}) denote the reduced (k1)(k-1)-th Laplacian of XA,kX_{A,k}, and let μk1(XA,k)\mu_{k-1}(X_{A,k}) be the minimal eigenvalue of Lk1L_{k-1}. It is shown that for any k1k \geq 1 and ϵ>0\epsilon>0 there exists a constant c(k,ϵ)c(k,\epsilon) such that if AA is a random subset of GG of size m=c(k,ϵ)lognm=\lceil c(k,\epsilon) \log n \rceil, then μk1(XA,k)>(1ϵ)m\mu_{k-1}(X_{A,k}) > (1-\epsilon)m asymptotically almost surely.

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@article{arxiv.1801.06466,
  title  = {Spectral expansion of random sum complexes},
  author = {Orr Beit-Aharon and Roy Meshulam},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.06466},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, one figure

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