Farber–Kaufman–Schütz rationality conjecture for higher topological complexity

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Let XX be an (r−1)(r-1)-connected finite CW-complex, where r≥2r\geq 2, and let TCn(X)TC_n(X) denote its higher topological complexity. Define the TCTC-generating function

FX(x)=∑n=1∞TCn+1(X)xn.\mathcal{F}_X(x)=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}TC_{n+1}(X)x^n.

Farber–Kaufman–Schütz rationality conjecture. The function FX(x)\mathcal{F}_X(x) is rational with a single pole of order 22 at x=1x=1; equivalently, there exists P∈Z[X]P\in\mathbb{Z}[X] such that

FX(x)=P(x)(1−x)2.\mathcal{F}_X(x)=\frac{P(x)}{(1-x)^2}.

The paper states that this conjecture is established for the class of finite CW-complexes considered in its abstract, namely those having a unique spherical cohomology class u∈H~r(X,Z)u\in\widetilde{H}^r(X,\mathbb{Z}) with uk≠0u^k\neq 0 and dimension krkr, where k≥2k\geq 2; the supplied material does not specify the conjecture's status beyond that result.

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Azzeddine Boudjaj and Youssef Rami, “On the rationality conjecture of some finite CW-complexes”, arXiv:2205.03973 (2022).

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