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Mat. Tr., 2024 Volume 27, Number 1, Pages 5–72 (Mi mt697)

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Set theoretical solutions of equations of $n$ – simplexes

V. G. Bardakovabc, B. B. Chuzinovad, I. A. Emelyanenkovd, M. E. Ivanovd, T. A. Kozlovskayab, V. È. Leshkovd

a Tomsk State University, Tomsk, 634050, Russia
b Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
c Novosibirsk State Agrarian University
d Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

Abstract: The $n$-simplex equation ($n$-SE) was introduced by A. B. Zamolodchikov as a generalization of the Yang–Baxter equation, which is, in these terms, a 2-simplex equation. In this article we propose some general approaches to constructing solutions to equations of $n$-simplices, describe some types of solutions, and introduce an operation that, under certain conditions, allows us to construct a solution $(n + m + k)$-SE from solutions $( n + k)$-SE and $(m + k)$-SE. We consider tropicalization of rational decisions and discuss ways to generalize it. We prove that if $G$ is an extension of $H$ by $K$, then we can find a solution of $n$-SE on $G$ from the solutions of this equation on $H$ and $K$. Also, we find solutions to the parametric Yang–Baxter equation on $H$ with parameters from $K$. To study the 3-simplex equation, we introduced algebraic systems with ternary operations and gave examples of these systems that give 3-SE solutions. We find all elementary verbal solutions of 3-SE on a free group.

Key words: Yang–Baxter equation, tetrahedral equation, $n$-simplex equation, set-theoretic solution, groupoid, 2-groupoid, ternary, ternoid, group extension, virtual braid group.

UDC: 512.56

Received: 23.07.2023
Revised: 23.11.2023
Accepted: 17.05.2024

DOI: 10.25205/1560-750X-2024-27-1-5-72


 English version:
Siberian Advances in Mathematics, 2024, 34:1, 1–40


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