The theta number of simplicial complexes

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DOI10.1007/S11856-019-1880-8zbMATH Open1419.90109arXiv1704.01836OpenAlexW2963296861MaRDI QIDQ2317686FDOQ2317686

Alberto Passuello, Christine Bachoc, Anna Gundert

Publication date: 12 August 2019

Published in: Israel Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We introduce a generalization of the celebrated Lov'asz theta number of a graph to simplicial complexes of arbitrary dimension. Our generalization takes advantage of real simplicial cohomology theory, in particular combinatorial Laplacians, and provides a semidefinite programming upper bound of the independence number of a simplicial complex. We consider properties of the graph theta number such as the relationship to Hoffman's ratio bound and to the chromatic number and study how they extend to higher dimensions. Like in the case of graphs, the higher dimensional theta number can be extended to a hierarchy of semidefinite programming upper bounds reaching the independence number. We analyze the value of the theta number and of the hierarchy for dense random simplicial complexes.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.01836





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