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Alexander duality in subdivisions of Lawrence polytopes

Combinatorics 2010-06-15 v2

Abstract

The class of simplicial complexes representing triangulations and subdivisions of Lawrence polytopes is closed under Alexander duality. This gives a new geometric model for oriented matroid duality.

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@article{arxiv.math/0202104,
  title  = {Alexander duality in subdivisions of Lawrence polytopes},
  author = {Francisco Santos and Bernd Sturmfels},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0202104},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

12 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Advances in Geometry. Changes from v1: Added a Section 5 on the topology of Alexander duals, after useful comments by an anonymous referee