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g-elements of matroid complexes

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Commutative Algebra

Abstract

Let K be the face ring of the independence complex of a matroid. We show that if T is a generic linear system of parameters, then K/T satisfies a weak form of the Hard Lefschetz Theorem. As a result, the first half of the h-vector of the complex satisfies inequalities similar to the g-theorem for simplicial polytopes.

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@article{arxiv.math/0210376,
  title  = {g-elements of matroid complexes},
  author = {Edward Swartz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0210376},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages. Will appear in J. Comb. Theory Ser. B