The homotopy theory of polyhedral products associated with flag complexes

Abstract: If

K

is a simplicial complex on

m

vertices the flagification of

K

is the minimal flag complex

K^{f}

on the same vertex set that contains

K

. Letting

L

be the set of vertices, there is a sequence of simplicial inclusions

L o K o K^{f}

. This induces a sequence of maps of polyhedral products

(u n d e r l i n e X, u n d e r l i n e A)^{L} s t a c k r e l g l o n g r i g h t a r r o w (u n d e r l i n e X, u n d e r l i n e A)^{K} s t a c k r e l f l o n g r i g h t a r r o w (u n d e r l i n e X, u n d e r l i n e A)^{K^{f}}

. We show that

O m e g a f

and

O m e g a f c i r c O m e g a g

have right homotopy inverses and draw consequences. For a flag complex

K

the polyhedral product of the form

(u n d e r l i n e C Y, u n d e r l i n e Y)^{K}

is a co-

H

-space if and only if the

1

-skeleton of

K

is a chordal graph, and we deduce that the maps

f

and

f c i r c g

have right homotopy inverses in this case.

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