Hamiltonian paths, unit-interval complexes, and determinantal facet ideals

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DOI10.1016/J.AAM.2022.102407zbMATH Open1496.13034arXiv2101.09243OpenAlexW3161289065WikidataQ114214497 ScholiaQ114214497MaRDI QIDQ2168562FDOQ2168562


Authors: Bruno Benedetti, Lisa Seccia, Matteo Varbaro Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 31 August 2022

Published in: Advances in Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study d-dimensional generalizations of three mutually related topics in graph theory: Hamiltonian paths, (unit) interval graphs, and binomial edge ideals. We provide partial high-dimensional generalizations of Ore and Posa's sufficient conditions for a graph to be Hamiltonian. We introduce a hierarchy of combinatorial properties for simplicial complexes that generalize unit-interval, interval, and co-comparability graphs. We connect these properties to the already existing notions of determinantal facet ideals and Hamiltonian paths in simplicial complexes. Some important consequences of our work are: (1) Every almost-closed strongly-connected d-dimensional simplicial complex is traceable. (This extends the well-known result "unit-interval connected graphs are traceable".) (2) Every almost-closed d-complex that remains strongly connected after the deletion of d or less vertices, is Hamiltonian. (This extends the fact that "unit-interval 2-connected graphs are Hamiltonian".) (3) Unit-interval complexes are characterized, among traceable complexes, by the property that the minors defining their determinantal facet ideal form a Groebner basis for a diagonal term order which is compatible with the traceability of the complex. (This corrects a recent theorem by Ene et al., extends a result by Herzog and others, and partially answers a question by Almousa-Vandebogert.) (4) Only the d-skeleton of the simplex has a determinantal facet ideal with linear resolution. (This extends the result by Kiani and Saeedi-Madani that "only the complete graph has a binomial edge ideal with linear resolution".) (5) The determinantal facet ideals of all under-closed and semi-closed complexes have a square-free initial ideal with respect to lex. In characteristic p, they are even F-pure.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2101.09243




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