Invariance of the barcentric subdivision of a simplical complex

Publication date 11 November 2013

Published in Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5245

barycentric subdivision comparability graph simplical complex

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Commutative rings defined by monomial ideals; Stanley-Reisner face rings; simplicial complexes (13F55)

Abstract: In this paper we show that a simplicial complex can be determined uniquely up to isomorphism by its barycentric subdivision or comparability graph. At the end, it is summarized several algebraic, combinatorial and topological invariants of simplicial complexes.

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The \textsl{comparability graph} \(G(K)\) of a simplicial complex \(K\) is the 1-skeleton of its barycentric subdivision. The author proves that two finite simplicial complexes \(K\) and \(L\) are isomorphic if, and only if, \(G(K)\) and \(G(L)\) are isomorphic graphs. As barycentric subdivisions are completely determined by their 1-skeleton (they are flag complexes), this gives a new proof of the fact that two finite simplicial complexes are isomorphic if, and only if, their barycentric subdivisions are isomorphic. This result was already proved by \textit{R. L. Finney} as a part of Theorem 1 in [Mich. Math. J. 12, 263--272 (1965; Zbl 0151.33103)].

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