An equivariant discrete model for complexified arrangement complements

DOI10.1090/PROC/13328zbMATH Open1352.05044arXiv1305.0134OpenAlexW2964268593MaRDI QIDQ3181306FDOQ3181306

Authors: Emanuele Delucchi, Michael Falk 

Publication date: 29 December 2016

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We define a partial ordering on the set Q = Q(M) of pairs of topes of an oriented matroid M, and show the geometric realization |Q| of the order complex of Q has the same homotopy type as the Salvetti complex of M. For any element e of the ground set, the complex |Qe| associated to the rank-one oriented matroid on {e} has the homotopy type of the circle. There is a natural free simplicial action of Z4 on |Q|, with orbit space isomorphic to the order complex of the poset Q(M,e) associated to the pointed (or affine) oriented matroid (M,e). If M is the oriented matroid of an arrangement A of linear hyperplanes in real space, the Z_4 action corresponds to the diagonal action of C* on the complement M of the complexification of A: |Q| is equivariantly homotopy-equivalent to M under the identification of Z_4 with {+1, i, -1, -i}, and |Q(M, e)| is homotopy-equivalent to the complement of the decone of A relative to the hyperplane corresponding to e. All constructions and arguments are carried out at the level of the underlying posets. If a group G acts on the set of topes of M preserving adjacency, then G acts simplicially on |Q|. We also show that the class of fundamental groups of such complexes is strictly larger than the class of fundamental groups of complements of complex hyperplane arrangements. Specifically, the group of the non-Pappus arrange- ment is not isomorphic to any realizable arrangement group.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.0134

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zbMATH Keywords

degree-one resonance varieties of small matroidsfundamental groups of complexes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simplicial sets and complexes in algebraic topology (55U10) Oriented matroids in discrete geometry (52C40) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Arrangements of points, flats, hyperplanes (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C35)

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