Even- vs. odd-dimensional Charney-Davis conjecture

DOI10.1007/S00454-009-9210-2zbMATH Open1208.52013arXiv0905.1961OpenAlexW1990347973WikidataQ122967275 ScholiaQ122967275MaRDI QIDQ603867FDOQ603867

Authors: Światosław R. Gal, Tadeusz Januszkiewicz 

Publication date: 8 November 2010

Published in: Discrete \& Computational Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: More than once we have heard that the Charney-Davis Conjecture makes sense only for odd-dimensional spheres. This is to point out that in fact it is also a statement about even-dimensional spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1961

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zbMATH Keywords

flag complex\(h\)-vectorCharney-Davis conjecture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(n)-dimensional polytopes (52B11) Combinatorics of partially ordered sets (06A07) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70)

Cites Work

• The geometry and topology of Coxeter groups.
• Real root conjecture fails for five- and higher-dimensional spheres
• The Euler characteristic of a nonpositively curved, piecewise Euclidean manifold

Cited In (4)

• Trung's construction and the Charney-Davis conjecture
• The Charney-Davis conjecture for certain subdivisions of spheres
• Combinatorics and Algebra of Geometric Subdivision Operations
• Many faces of symmetric edge polytopes

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