Note on the Cyclotomic Polynomial Topologically

Abstract

Coefficients of the cyclotomic polynomial can be interpreted topologically, as the torsion in the homology of a certain simplicial complex associated with the degree of the cyclotomic polynomial, which was studied by Musiker and Reiner. We answer a question posed by the two authors regarding homotopy type of certain subcomplexes of the associated simplicial complex when the degree of the cyclotomic polynomial is a product of three distinct primes.