On the Structure of Set-Theoretic Polygon Equations

Polygon equations generalize the prominent pentagon equation in very much the same way as simplex equations generalize the famous Yang-Baxter equation. In particular, they appeared as ''cocycle equations'' in Street's category theory associated with oriented simplices. Where...

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Published in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Date:2024
Main Author: Müller-Hoissen, Folkert
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Language:English
Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2024
Online Access:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212256
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description Polygon equations generalize the prominent pentagon equation in very much the same way as simplex equations generalize the famous Yang-Baxter equation. In particular, they appeared as ''cocycle equations'' in Street's category theory associated with oriented simplices. Whereas the ( − 1)-simplex equation can be regarded as a realization of the higher Bruhat order (, − 2), the -gon equation is a realization of the higher Tamari order (, − 2). The latter and its dual ~(, − 2), associated with which is the dual -gon equation, have been shown to arise as suborders of (N, N−2) via a ''three-color decomposition''. There are two different reductions of (, − 2) and ~(, − 2), to ( − 1, − 3), respectively ~( − 1, − 3). In this work, we explore the reductions of (dual) polygon equations, which yield relations between solutions of neighboring (dual) polygon equations. We also elaborate (dual) polygon equations in this respect explicitly up to the octagon equation.
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On the Structure of Set-Theoretic Polygon Equations. Folkert Müller-Hoissen. SIGMA 20 (2024), 051, 30 pages
1815-0659
2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 06A06; 06A07; 15A69; 16T05; 16T25; 17A01; 18D10
arXiv:2305.17974
https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/212256
https://doi.org/10.3842/SIGMA.2024.051
Polygon equations generalize the prominent pentagon equation in very much the same way as simplex equations generalize the famous Yang-Baxter equation. In particular, they appeared as ''cocycle equations'' in Street's category theory associated with oriented simplices. Whereas the ( − 1)-simplex equation can be regarded as a realization of the higher Bruhat order (, − 2), the -gon equation is a realization of the higher Tamari order (, − 2). The latter and its dual ~(, − 2), associated with which is the dual -gon equation, have been shown to arise as suborders of (N, N−2) via a ''three-color decomposition''. There are two different reductions of (, − 2) and ~(, − 2), to ( − 1, − 3), respectively ~( − 1, − 3). In this work, we explore the reductions of (dual) polygon equations, which yield relations between solutions of neighboring (dual) polygon equations. We also elaborate (dual) polygon equations in this respect explicitly up to the octagon equation.
Some important insights that led to this work originated from my collaboration with Aristophanes Dimakis, who, sadly, passed away in 2021. I would like to thank Jim Stasheff for helpful correspondence.
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Інститут математики НАН України
Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
On the Structure of Set-Theoretic Polygon Equations
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