Polytopal complexes: maps, chain complexes and necklaces

DOI10.1016/J.ENDM.2008.06.037zbMATH Open1267.05092arXiv0806.1488OpenAlexW2163251245MaRDI QIDQ5301004FDOQ5301004

Authors: Frédéric Meunier 

Publication date: 28 June 2013

Published in: Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The notion of polytopal map between two polytopal complexes is defined. Surprisingly, this definition is quite simple and extends naturally those of simplicial and cubical maps. It is then possible to define an induced chain map between the associated chain complexes. Finally, we use this new tool to give the first combinatorial proof of the splitting necklace theorem of Alon. The paper ends with open questions, such as the existence of Sperner's lemma for a polytopal complex or the existence of a cubical approximation theorem.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0806.1488

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zbMATH Keywords

necklacecombinatorial proofpolytopal complexchain complex

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10)

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• Algorithmic construction of sets for k -restrictions
• Generalized Kneser coloring theorems with combinatorial proofs
• Splitting necklaces
• Combinatorial Stokes formulas via minimal resolutions
• Generalizations of Baxter's theorem and cubical homology
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