A generalization of a result of Dong and Santos-Sturmfels on the Alexander dual of spheres and balls

DOI10.1016/J.JCTA.2015.10.002zbMATH Open1330.52018arXiv1403.1291OpenAlexW1888363675MaRDI QIDQ891830FDOQ891830

Authors: Nicolas Ariel Capitelli, Elias Gabriel Minian 

Publication date: 17 November 2015

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove a generalization of a result by Dong and Santos-Sturmfels about the homotopy type of the Alexander dual of balls and spheres. Our results involve NH-manifolds, which were recently introduced as the non-homogeneous (or non-pure) counterpart of classical polyhedral manifolds. We show that the Alexander dual of an NH-ball is contractible and the Alexander dual of an NH-sphere is homotopy equivalent to a sphere. We also prove that NH-balls and NH-spheres arise naturally as the double duals of standard balls and spheres.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1291

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zbMATH Keywords

simplicial complexesAlexander dualcombinatorial manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Polyhedral manifolds (52B70)

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