A comparison theorem for f-vectors of simplicial polytopes

DOI10.4310/PAMQ.2007.V3.N1.A12MaRDI QIDQ930786zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Anders Bjoerner

Publication date 1 July 2008

Published in Pure and Applied Mathematics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605336

zbMATH Keywords

polytope\(f\)-vector\(g\)-vectorhomology spheresimplicialcentrally symmetric

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) Symmetry properties of polytopes (52B15)

Abstract: Let $f_i(P)$ denote the number of $i$-dimensional faces of a convex polytope $P$. Furthermore, let $S(n,d)$ and $C(n,d)$ denote, respectively, the stacked and the cyclic $d$-dimensional polytopes on $n$ vertices. Our main result is that for every simplicial $d$-polytope $P$, if ${\displaystyle }$ f_r(S(n_1,d))le f_r(P) le f_r(C(n_2,d)) ${\displaystyle }$ for some integers $n_1,n_2$ and $r$, then ${\displaystyle }$ f_s(S(n_1,d))le f_s(P) le f_s(C(n_2,d)) ${\displaystyle }$ for all $s$ such that $r<s$. For $r=0$ these inequalities are the well-known lower and upper bound theorems for simplicial polytopes. The result is implied by a certain ``comparison theorem for $f$-vectors, formulated in Section 4. Among its other consequences is a similar lower bound theorem for centrally-symmetric simplicial polytopes.

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