Free fermions on a piecewise linear four-manifold. I: Exotic chain complex

Recently, an algebraic realization of the four-dimensional Pachner move 3–3 was found in terms of Grassmann–Gaussian exponentials, and a remarkable nonlinear parameterization for it, going in terms of a $\mathbb{C}$-valued 2-cocycle. Here we define, for a given triangulated four-dimensional manifold and a 2-cocycle on it, an `exotic’ chain complex intimately related to the mentioned parameterization, thus providing a basis for algebraic realizations of all four-dimensional Pachner moves.