Torsion lower-bound conjecture for homology of finite spaces

Let XX be a finite T0T_0-space and let kNk\in\mathbb{N} with k2k\geq 2. Write #X\#X for the number of points of XX, and let Hk(X)H_k(X) denote its integral homology group.

Torsion lower-bound conjecture. If Hk(X)H_k(X) has torsion, then

#X2k+11.\#X\geq 2k+11.

This conjecture extends the paper's small-cardinality torsion result to higher homological degrees. It gives a linear lower bound on the size of a finite model carrying torsion in kk-th homology; the source states it without indicating that it has been resolved.

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Nicolás Cianci and Miguel Ottina, “Poset splitting and minimality of finite models”, arXiv:1512.06088 (2015).

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