Simmons and Su's equivariant Tucker-type conjecture for Skn(k−1)S_k^{n(k-1)}

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Let

Skn(k−1)={(z0,…,zn(k−1))∈Cn(k−1)+1:∑i=0n(k−1)∣zi∣=1, zik=∣zi∣k},S_k^{n(k-1)}= \left\{(z_0,\ldots,z_{n(k-1)})\in\mathbb C^{n(k-1)+1}:\sum_{i=0}^{n(k-1)}|z_i|=1,\ z_i^k=|z_i|^k\right\},

where ω=e2πi/k\omega=e^{2\pi i/k}, and let the symmetric group Sym⁡(k)\operatorname{Sym}(k) act on this space by permuting the kkth roots of unity in each coordinate. Suppose the space is triangulated invariantly under this action, with vertex set VV labeled equivariantly by

ℓ:V⟶{ωjm:1≤j≤k,;1≤m≤n},\ell:V\longrightarrow\{\omega^j m:1\leq j\leq k,;1\leq m\leq n\},

meaning that ℓ(π(v))=π(ℓ(v))\ell(\pi(v))=\pi(\ell(v)) for every π∈Sym⁡(k)\pi\in\operatorname{Sym}(k) and v∈Vv\in V.

Simmons and Su's conjecture. There must exist kk adjacent vertices in the triangulation whose labels are {ωjm:1≤j≤k}\{\omega^j m:1\leq j\leq k\} for some fixed mm.

This is an equivariant, symmetric-group version of Tucker's lemma and is intended as a combinatorial counterpart to the Borsuk-Ulam property. The supplied text presents it as a conjecture of Simmons and Su but gives no resolution, so its status is recorded as open.

References

Primary source

Mark de Longueville and Rade T. Zivaljevic, “The Borsuk-Ulam-property, Tucker-property and constructive proofs in combinatorics”, arXiv:math/0507269 (2005).

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