Remarks on missing faces and generalized lower bounds on face numbers (Q1028860): Difference between revisions

Some lower bounds on face numbers for simplicial complexes are discussed. For simplicial polytopes, McMullens's generalized lower bounds on face numbers were proved by \textit{R. P. Stanley} [Adv. Math. 35, 236--238 (1980; Zbl 0427.52006)]. Stanley's result implies \textit{D. Barnette}'s lower bound theorem [Pac. J. Math. 46, 349--354 (1973; Zbl 0264.52006)]. In turn, Barnette's result implies that the simplex minimizes all face numbers among simplicial polytopes with the same dimension. The author proves similar results for more general class consisting of \(d\)-dimensional simplicial complexes \(\Delta\) with nonzero reduced \(d\)-homology (\(\tilde H_d(\Delta, Z)\not= 0\)) and with no missing faces above a fixed dimension [\textit{P. McMullen}, Isr. J. Math. 9, 559--570 (1971; Zbl 0209.53701); \textit{S. R. Gal}, Discrete Comput. Geom. 34, No. 2, 269--284 (2005; Zbl 1085.52005)].