d-representability as an embedding problem

arXiv2205.10099MaRDI QIDQ6399697FDOQ6399697

Moshe J. White

Publication date: 20 May 2022

Abstract: An abstract simplicial complex is said to be $d$-representable if it records the intersection pattern of a collection of convex sets in $mathbb{R}^d$. In this paper, we show that $d$-representability of a simplicial complex is equivalent to the existence of a map with certain properties, from a closely related simplicial complex into $mathbb{R}^d$. This equivalence suggests a framework for proving (and disproving) $d$-representability of simplicial complexes using topological methods such as applications of the Borsuk-Ulam theorem, which we begin to explore.

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