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Special configurations on a circle from a homological algebra problem
Here is the short version of the combinatorial problem:
Given a positive integer $n \geq 2$. Draw a circle with $2n$ points indexed by the numbers from $\mathbb{Z}/ 2n \mathbb{Z}$. We colour the ...
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Closed formula for some dimension
This question has a background from representation theory/homological algebra, but I state everything in elementary terms here:
Call an n-CNak an n-tupel $[c_0,c_1,...,c_{n-1}]$ where $c_0=c_1=...=c_{...
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On a claim of Zagier on extending a map to cocycle
Zagier, in his paper 'Some Surprising Consequences of the Cohomology of SL$_2(\bf{ Z})$' (link, p. 6), studies the action of $\Gamma=PSL_2(\bf Z)$ on a vector space $V$, denoting the action by $v\ |\ \...