Dual matroids of 2-complexes -- revisited

arXiv2210.15594MaRDI QIDQ6415344FDOQ6415344

Publication date: 27 October 2022

Abstract: We prove that simply connected local 2-dimensional simplicial complexes embed in 3-space if and only if their dual matroids are graphic. Examples are provided that the assumptions of simply connectedness and locality are necessary. This may be regarded as a 3-dimensional analogue of Whitney's planarity criterion from 1932.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Combinatorial aspects of matroids and geometric lattices (05B35) Hypergraphs (05C65) Graph minors (05C83) Embedding theorems for complex manifolds (32Q40)

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