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Minimal triangulations of circle bundles, circular permutations and binary Chern cocycle

Geometric Topology 2019-08-28 v2 Algebraic Topology Combinatorics

Abstract

We investigate a PL topology question: which circle bundles can be triangulated over a given triangulation of the base? The question got a simple answer emphasizing the role of minimal triangulations encoded by local systems of circular permutations of vertices of the base simplices. The answer is based on an experimental fact: classical Huntington transitivity axiom for cyclic orders can be expressed as the universal binary Chern cocycle.

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@article{arxiv.1908.04029,
  title  = {Minimal triangulations of circle bundles, circular permutations and binary Chern cocycle},
  author = {Nikolai Mnëv},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.04029},
  year   = {2019}
}

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21 pages, language corrections

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