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A mod-two vanishing table does not prove integral 6-connectivity

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The 2026 cohomology paper infers 6-connectivity from mod-two homology vanishing through degree 6. That coefficient calculation leaves odd-primary integral torsion possible, so the inference needs another argument.

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Recorded scope: the coefficient logic used for the claimed 6-connectivity of VR(Q_6;4) in arXiv:2605.00705v2

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Originating problem: Integral torsion in scale-four hypercube Rips complexes

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A mod-two vanishing table does not prove integral 6-connectivity
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The 2026 cohomology paper infers 6-connectivity from mod-two homology vanishing through degree 6. That coefficient calculation leaves odd-primary integral torsion possible, so the inference needs another argument.

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The source audit checked arXiv:2605.00705v2, revised 2026-07-17. Its introduction says that Ripser calculated the first 15 homology groups of \(\operatorname{VR}(Q_6;4)\) with \(\mathbb Z/2\) coefficients, found the first nonzero group in degree 7, and thereby showed 6-connectivity. Page 5 repeats exact 6-connectivity and states \(H_7(-;\mathbb Z)\ne0\).

Vanishing over \(\mathbb F_2\) in degrees 1 through 6 excludes free summands and 2-primary torsion in the corresponding universal-coefficient range. It permits odd-primary torsion. Homological vanishing over one field also supplies no direct vanishing of the homotopy groups needed for connectivity. The paper's rigorous total-domination bound gives only 3-connectivity, while the exact invariant in this packet improves that route to 4-connectivity.

The audit located no additional proof in the paper that closes the coefficient gap. This is a source-scope advisory about the connectivity sentence. It does not affect the canonical torsion question's definition.

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Verification source: arxiv.org ↗, Introduction page 2, Theorem 2.3, Theorem 2.6, and discussion on page 5

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