Homology of generalized partition posets (Q861863)

For an operad (it is a monoid in a monoidal category \(({\mathcal S}\text{-Mod},\circ ,1)\) of \({\mathcal S}\)-modules) finite partition posets are defined. A finite poset with exactly one minimal and exactly one maximal element such that maximal chains have the same length and its homology is concentrated in top dimension is called Cohen-Macauley. The main result says that an operad is Kozsul if and only if its posets are Cohen-Macauley. This characterization allows us to compute homology of Cohen-Macauley posets (the homology groups are isomorphic to the Kozsul dual cooperad) and provides combinatorial methods for recognization of Kozsul operads. Many examples illustrating these results are presented.