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Path homology of circulant digraphs

Combinatorics 2026-02-05 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We organize and extend a set of computations and structural observations about the Grigoryan--Lin--Muranov--Yau (GLMY) path complex of circulant digraphs CnS\vec{C}_n^S and circulant graphs CnSC_n^S. Using the shift automorphism τ\tau and a Fourier decomposition, we reduce many rank computations for the GLMY boundary maps to finite-dimensional τ\tau-eigenspaces. This provides a reusable "symbol-matrix" recipe that highlights (i) the dependence on prime versus composite nn and (ii) stability phenomena for certain natural choices of connection sets SS. Several fully worked examples are included, together with a discussion of how the additive structure of SS governs low-dimensional chains and Betti numbers.

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@article{arxiv.2602.04140,
  title  = {Path homology of circulant digraphs},
  author = {Xinxing Tang and Shing-Tung Yau},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.04140},
  year   = {2026}
}

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30 pages, 3 figures

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