On the generalized lower bound conjecture for polytopes and spheres

DOI10.1007/S11511-013-0093-YzbMATH Open1279.52014arXiv1203.1720OpenAlexW2086770023WikidataQ122947737 ScholiaQ122947737MaRDI QIDQ355989FDOQ355989

Authors: Satoshi Murai, Eran Nevo 

Publication date: 25 July 2013

Published in: Acta Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In 1971, McMullen and Walkup posed the following conjecture, which is called the generalized lower bound conjecture: If $P$ is a simplicial $d$-polytope then its $h$-vector $(h_0,h_1,\mathrm{...},h_d)$ satisfies $h_{0}leq{h}_{1}leq\mathrm{...}leq{h}_{lfloorfracd2floor}$. Moreover, if $h_{r-1}=h_r$ for some $rleqfracd2$ then $P$ can be triangulated without introducing simplices of dimension $leqd-r$. The first part of the conjecture was solved by Stanley in 1980 using the hard Lefschetz theorem for projective toric varieties. In this paper, we give a proof of the remaining part of the conjecture. In addition, we generalize this property to a certain class of simplicial spheres, namely those admitting the weak Lefschetz property.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.1720

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zbMATH Keywords

\(f\)-vector\(g\)-theorem\(h\)-vector\(g\)-vectorlower bound theoremsimplicial polytope

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) (n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Combinatorial aspects of commutative algebra (05E40) Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45)

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