A characterization of tightly triangulated 3-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.EJC.2016.10.005zbMATH Open1352.05199arXiv1601.00065OpenAlexW2231507730MaRDI QIDQ730259FDOQ730259

Jonathan Spreer, Bhaskar Bagchi, Basudeb Datta

Publication date: 27 December 2016

Published in: European Journal of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a field $mathbbF$, the notion of $mathbbF$-tightness of simplicial complexes was introduced by K"uhnel. K"uhnel and Lutz conjectured that any $mathbbF$-tight triangulation of a closed manifold is the most economic of all possible triangulations of the manifold. The boundary of a triangle is the only $mathbbF$-tight triangulation of a closed 1-manifold. A triangulation of a closed 2-manifold is $mathbbF$-tight if and only if it is $mathbbF$-orientable and neighbourly. In this paper we prove that a triangulation of a closed 3-manifold is $mathbbF$-tight if and only if it is $mathbbF$-orientable, neighbourly and stacked. In consequence, the K"uhnel-Lutz conjecture is valid in dimension $leq3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00065

zbMATH Keywords

\(\mathbb{F}\)-tight triangulationsclosed manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of simplicial complexes (05E45) Polyhedral manifolds (52B70) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15)

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