The homology of the partition algebras (Q6120753)

It is known that the techniques of homological stability, generally applied to families of groups, can be successfully applied to families of algebras where homology is interpreted as an appropriate Tor group. In this paper, the authors prove homological stability for the partition algebras. First, they introduce partition algebras and provide the necessary recalls. They establish the existence of inductive resolutions for the partition algebras. They also prove that the partition algebra is in fact isomorphic to the homology of the symmetric group in all degrees. Links with other recent works are also studied.