Anisotropy conjecture for the middle socle of local face modules

Let σ:Γ2V\sigma \\: \Gamma \to 2^V be a vertex-induced triangulation of a (d1)(d-1)-dimensional simplex, and let kk be a field. Let BB be the symmetric bilinear form on the local face module, and let SocLd/2(Γ)\operatorname{Soc} L^{d/2}(\Gamma) denote the middle-degree socle. Anisotropy conjecture. If dd is even, then the restriction of BB to SocLd/2(Γ)\operatorname{Soc} L^{d/2}(\Gamma) is anisotropic. Although BB need not be anisotropic on all of Ld/2(Γ)L^{d/2}(\Gamma), even for regular triangulations over Q\mathbb{Q}, the asserted restriction remains an open question.

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Matt Larson and Alan Stapledon, “Lefschetz properties of local face modules”, arXiv:2504.02038 (2025).

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