Cohen–Lenstra conjecture for torsion in random 2-trees

Let T2(n)\mathcal{T}^2(n) be the set of 22-trees on nn vertices, and let XX be drawn uniformly from T2(n)\mathcal{T}^2(n). For a fixed prime qq, let the Sylow qq-subgroup of H1(X)H_1(X) be the subgroup consisting of elements of qq-power order. Cohen–Lenstra conjecture for random 2-trees. For a fixed prime qq, the Sylow qq-subgroup of H1(X)H_1(X) is asymptotically distributed according to the Cohen–Lenstra distribution, which assigns probability

k=1(1qk)Aut(G)\frac{\prod_{k=1}^{\infty}(1-q^{-k})}{|\operatorname{Aut}(G)|}

to any finite abelian qq-group GG. The conjecture extends the proposed distribution for the torsion burst in the Linial–Meshulam model; the paper's evidence is experimental, and rapid mixing of the sampling Markov chain is noted as an open issue.

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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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