Poset splitting and minimality of finite models

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2018.02.010MaRDI QIDQ1747765zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nicolás Cianci, Miguel Ottina

Publication date 27 April 2018

Published in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06088

zbMATH Keywords

Eilenberg-MacLane spacesfinite topological spacesHurewicz's theoremminimal finite modelsposets

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Combinatorics of partially ordered sets (06A07) Linearly ordered topological spaces, generalized ordered spaces, and partially ordered spaces (54F05)

Abstract: We develop a novel technique, which we call poset splitting, that allows us to solve two open problems regarding minimality of finite models of spaces: the nonexistence of a finite model of the real projective plane with fewer than 13 points and the nonexistence of a finite model of the torus with fewer than 16 points. Indeed, we prove much stronger results from which we also obtain that there does not exist a finite model of the Klein bottle with fewer than 16 points and that the integral homology groups of finite spaces with fewer than 13 points are torsion-free, settling a conjecture of Hardie, Vermeulen and Witbooi. Furthermore, we also apply our technique to give a complete characterization of the minimal finite models of the real projective plane, the torus, and the Klein bottle. In addition, we show that the poset splitting technique has an intrinsic interest giving original topological results that can be obtained from its application, such as a generalization of Hurewicz's theorem for non-simply-connected spaces and a generalization of a result of R. Brown on the fundamental group of a space.

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