Estimates of covering type and the number of vertices of minimal triangulations

DOI10.1007/S00454-019-00092-ZzbMATH Open1431.55003arXiv1710.03333OpenAlexW2963983543WikidataQ127966921 ScholiaQ127966921MaRDI QIDQ2283111FDOQ2283111

Authors: Dejan Govc, Wacław Marzantowicz, Petar Pavešić 

Publication date: 30 December 2019

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The covering type of a space $X$ is defined as the minimal cardinality of a good cover of a space that is homotopy equivalent to $X$. We derive estimates for the covering type of $X$ in terms of other invariants of $X$, namely the ranks of the homology groups, the multiplicative structure of the cohomology ring and the Lusternik-Schnirelmann category of $X$. By relating the covering type to the number of vertices of minimal triangulations of complexes and combinatorial manifolds, we obtain, within a unified framework, several estimates which are either new or extensions of results that have been previously obtained by ad hoc combinatorial arguments. Moreover, our methods give results that are valid for entire homotopy classes of spaces.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.03333

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zbMATH Keywords

Lusternik-Schnirelmann categoryminimal triangulationcup-lengthcovering type

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lyusternik-Shnirel'man category of a space, topological complexity à la Farber, topological robotics (topological aspects) (55M30) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15) Triangulating (57R05)

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