Derived subdivisions make every PL sphere polytopal

DOI10.1007/S11856-015-1206-4zbMATH Open1432.57053arXiv1311.2965OpenAlexW2963397105MaRDI QIDQ891090FDOQ891090

Authors: Karim Adiprasito, Ivan Izmestiev 

Publication date: 16 November 2015

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

Abstract: We give a simple proof that some iterated derived subdivision of every PL sphere is combinatorially equivalent to the boundary of a simplicial polytope, thereby resolving a problem of Billera (personal communication).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2965

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simplicial sets and complexes in algebraic topology (55U10) Triangulating manifolds (57Q15)

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