Stable first-homology representation conjecture for complete graph configuration spaces

Let KnK_n be the complete graph on nn vertices, let Confk(Kn)\operatorname{Conf}_k(K_n) denote the ordered configuration space of kk particles on KnK_n, and let SnS_n act by permuting the vertices. Write Spn(1,1)\mathrm{Sp}_n(1,1) for the irreducible SnS_n-representation indexed by the partition (n2,1,1)(n-2,1,1).

Stable first-homology representation conjecture. For n5n\geq 5, there is an isomorphism of SnS_n-representations

H1(Confk(Kn))kSpn(1,1).H_1(\operatorname{Conf}_k(K_n))\cong k\,\mathrm{Sp}_n(1,1).

The conjecture is motivated by computed homology representations for configuration spaces of one, two, and three particles on complete graphs. It predicts a uniform description of first homology for every particle number kk, beyond the cases accessible in the reported computations; no resolution is supplied in the source.

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Eric Ramos and Claudia He Yun, “Computing stable homology representations of graph configuration spaces”, arXiv:2606.13813 (2026).

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