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Topology of Random 2-Complexes

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Abstract

We study the Linial–Meshulam model of random two-dimensional simplicial complexes. One of our main results states that for pn−1 a random 2-complex Y collapses simplicially to a graph and, in particular, the fundamental group π1(Y) is free and H2(Y)=0, asymptotically almost surely. Our other main result gives a precise threshold for collapsibility of a random 2-complex to a graph in a prescribed number of steps. We also prove that, if the probability parameter p satisfies pn−1/2+ϵ, where ϵ>0, then an arbitrary finite two-dimensional simplicial complex admits a topological embedding into a random 2-complex, with probability tending to one as n→∞. We also establish several related results; for example, we show that for p<c/n with c<3 the fundamental group of a random 2-complex contains a non-abelian free subgroup. Our method is based on exploiting explicit thresholds (established in the paper) for the existence of simplicial embeddings and immersions of 2-complexes into a random 2-complex.


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