Generalized Macaulay representations and the flag f-vectors of generalized colored complexes

arXiv1306.1787MaRDI QIDQ6242521FDOQ6242521

Publication date: 7 June 2013

Abstract: A colored complex of type

m a t h b f a = (a_{1}, d o t s, a_{n})

is a simplicial complex

D e l t a

on a vertex set

V

, together with an ordered partition

(V_{1}, d o t s, V_{n})

of

V

, such that every face

F

of

D e l t a

satisfies

| F c a p V_{i} | l e q a_{i}

. For each

m a t h b f b = (b_{1}, d o t s, b_{n}) l e q m a t h b f a

, let

f_{m a t h b f b}

be the number of faces

F

of

D e l t a

such that

| F c a p V_{i} | = b_{i}

. The array of integers

{f_{m a t h b f b}}_{m a t h b f b l e q m a t h b f a}

is called the fine

f

-vector of

D e l t a

, and it is a refinement of the

f

-vector of

D e l t a

. In this paper, we generalize the notion of Macaulay representations and give a numerical characterization of the fine

f

-vectors of colored complexes of arbitrary type, in terms of these generalized Macaulay representations. As part of the proof, we introduce the property of

m a t h b f a

-Macaulay decomposability for simplicial complexes, which implies vertex-decomposability, and we show that every pure color-shifted balanced complex

D e l t a

of type

m a t h b f a

is

m a t h b f a

-Macaulay decomposable. Combined with previously known results, we also obtain a numerical characterization of the flag

f

-vectors of completely balanced Cohen-Macaulay complexes.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45)

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