Cohen–Lenstra conjecture for the largest torsion group in random complexes

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Let LT(n)LT(n) be the largest torsion group found in the first homology during the torsion burst of the Linial–Meshulam process. For a fixed prime qq, let the Sylow qq-subgroup of LT(n)LT(n) be the maximal subgroup of order a power of qq. Cohen–Lenstra conjecture for LT(n)LT(n). For a fixed prime qq, the Sylow qq-subgroup of LT(n)LT(n) is asymptotically distributed according to the Cohen–Lenstra distribution, which assigns probability

∏k=1∞(1−q−k)∣Aut⁡(G)∣\frac{\prod_{k=1}^{\infty}(1-q^{-k})}{|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|}

to any finite abelian qq-group GG. This is motivated by analogous models of random abelian groups and supported in the paper by computational experiments; the asserted limiting distribution remains conjectural.

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Matthew Kahle, Frank Lutz, Andrew Newman and Kyle Parsons, “Cohen–Lenstra heuristics for torsion in homology of random complexes”, arXiv:1710.05683 (2018).

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