Helme-Guizon–Przytycki–Rong torsion conjecture for chromatic homology

Let GG be a graph, and let H,Am(G){{H_{*,*}}^{\mathcal{A}_m}(G)} denote its chromatic cohomology over the algebra Am\mathcal{A}_m. A graph has a loop if it contains an edge whose endpoints coincide, and a cycle has order equal to its number of edges.

Helme-Guizon–Przytycki–Rong torsion conjecture. The cohomology H,Am(G){{H_{*,*}}^{\mathcal{A}_m}(G)} contains a torsion part if and only if GG has no loops and contains a cycle of order at least 33. In this case, H,Am(G){{H_{*,*}}^{\mathcal{A}_m}(G)} has torsion of order dividing mm.

This conjecture concerns the existence and order of torsion in chromatic homology over Am\mathcal{A}_m. The supplied text identifies it as a conjecture posed by Helme-Guizon, Przytycki, and Rong, but gives no resolution status.

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Aninda Banerjee, Apratim Chakraborty, Swarup Kumar Das and Pravakar Paul, “A spanning tree model for chromatic homology”, arXiv:2504.00834 (2025).

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