Flag subdivisions and -vectors

DOI10.2140/PJM.2012.259.257zbMATH Open1255.05200arXiv1106.4520OpenAlexW2069832072MaRDI QIDQ692385FDOQ692385

Christos A. Athanasiadis

Publication date: 5 December 2012

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The $gamma$-vector is an important enumerative invariant of a flag simplicial homology sphere. It has been conjectured by Gal that this vector is nonnegative for every such sphere $Delta$ and by Reiner, Postnikov and Williams that it increases when $Delta$ is replaced by any flag simplicial homology sphere which geometrically subdivides $Delta$. Using the nonnegativity of the $gamma$-vector in dimension 3, proved by Davis and Okun, as well as Stanley's theory of simplicial subdivisions and local $h$-vectors, the latter conjecture is confirmed in this paper in dimensions 3 and 4.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1106.4520

zbMATH Keywords

flag complexhomology sphere\(\gamma\)-vectorface enumerationsimplicial subdivisionflag subdivision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Reflection and Coxeter groups (group-theoretic aspects) (20F55) Geometric group theory (20F65) Exotic index theories on manifolds (58J22)

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• Binomial Eulerian polynomials for colored permutations
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