Wedge-of-spheres conjecture for robust clique complexes of square-sequence graphs

Let GG be a graph with a square sequence

C4H1H2HnG,C_4 \cong H_1 \subset H_2 \subset \cdots \subset H_n \cong G,

where n1n\geq 1, and let Cliqk(G)\mathsf{Cliq}_{k}(G) denote the kk-robust clique complex of GG.

Wedge-of-spheres conjecture. For all k2k\geq 2, the complex Cliqk(G)\mathsf{Cliq}_{k}(G) is homotopy equivalent to a wedge sum of (2k3)(2k-3)-dimensional spheres. Moreover, the number of spheres is determined by a recurrence relation based on the homotopy type of Cliqk(Hn1)\mathsf{Cliq}_{k}(H_{n-1}) and the specific attachment of the nn-th square.

This conjecture seeks to extend the established homotopy results for robust clique complexes from k{2,3}k\in\{2,3\} to all k2k\geq 2. The stated recurrence is not given explicitly here, so determining the sphere count and proving the claimed wedge decomposition remain open.

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Primary source

Marek Filakovský, “The Topology of k-Robust Clique Complexes in Grid-like Graphs”, arXiv:2602.11365 (2026).

Additional references

7 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2407.05809, arXiv:2403.15298, arXiv:2305.18648, arXiv:2106.09915, arXiv:1909.10406, arXiv:1608.03002.

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