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A non-partitionable Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complex

Combinatorics 2016-06-08 v3 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

A long-standing conjecture of Stanley states that every Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complex is partitionable. We disprove the conjecture by constructing an explicit counterexample. Due to a result of Herzog, Jahan and Yassemi, our construction also disproves the conjecture that the Stanley depth of a monomial ideal is always at least its depth.

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@article{arxiv.1504.04279,
  title  = {A non-partitionable Cohen-Macaulay simplicial complex},
  author = {Art M. Duval and Bennet Goeckner and Caroline J. Klivans and Jeremy L. Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.04279},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Final version. 13 pages, 2 figures

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