Flat extensions of abstract polytopes

DOI10.26493/2590-9770.1351.F7EMaRDI QIDQ5041813zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Gabe Cunningham

Publication date 18 October 2022

Published in The Art of Discrete and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.07677

zbMATH Keywords

amalgamationextensionperfect 1-factorizationpolytope

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Symmetry properties of polytopes (52B15)

Abstract: We consider the problem of constructing an abstract $(n+1)$-polytope $Q$ with $k$ facets isomorphic to a given $n$-polytope $P$, where $kgeq3$. In particular, we consider the case where we want $Q$ to be $(n-2,n)$-flat, meaning that every $(n-2)$-face is incident to every $n$-face (facet). We show that if $P$ admits such a flat extension for a given $k$, then the facet graph of $P$ is $(k-1)$-colorable. Conversely, we show that if the facet graph is $(k-1)$-colorable and $k-1$ is prime, then $P$ admits a flat extension for that $k$. We also show that if $P$ is facet-bipartite, then for every even $k$, there is a flat extension $P|k$ such that every automorphism of $P$ extends to an automorphism of $P|k$. Finally, if $P$ is a facet-bipartite $n$-polytope and $Q$ is a vertex-bipartite $m$-polytope, we describe a flat amalgamation of $P$ and $Q$, an $(m+n-1)$-polytope that is $(n-2,n)$-flat, with $n$-faces isomorphic to $P$ and co-$(n-2)$-faces isomorphic to $Q$.

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