A relative Laplacian spectral recursion (Q813442)

The spectral recursion for simplicial complexes expresses the eigenvalues of the combinatorial Laplacian \(\partial\partial^\ast+\partial^\ast\partial\) of a simplicial complex \(\Delta\) in terms of the eigenvalues of its deletion \(\Delta-e\), contraction \(\Delta/e\), and an error term \((\Delta-e,\Delta/e)\). In this paper it is shown that skeleta preserve the property of satisfying the spectral recursion and that shifted convex sets and certain matroid pairs also satisfy the spectral recursion.