The local weak limit of $k$-dimensional hypertrees

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{C}(n,k)$ be the set of $k$-dimensional simplicial complexes $C$ over a fixed set of $n$ vertices such that: (1) $C$ has a complete $k-1$-skeleton; (2) $C$ has precisely ${{n-1}\choose {k}}$ $k$-faces; (3) the homology group $H_{k-1}(C)$ is finite. Consider the probability measure on $\mathcal{C}(n,k)$ where the probability of a simplicial complex $C$ is proportional to $|H_{k-1}(C)|^2$. For any fixed $k$, we determine the local weak limit of these random simplicial complexes as $n$ tends to infinity. This local weak limit turns out to be the same as the local weak limit of the $1$-out $k$-complexes investigated by Linial and Peled.