On small covers over Bier spheres
Algebraic Topology
2026-07-30 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
The Bier sphere of a simplicial complex is defined as the deleted join of and its combinatorial Alexander dual. We focus on the class of Bier spheres of the skeleta of a simplex. Since these Bier spheres are known to be polytopal, they give rise to small covers. We classify small covers over these Bier spheres up to Davis--Januszkiewicz equivalence. As applications, for all , we determine the homeomorphism types of small covers over the Bier spheres of the -skeleton and the -skeleton of an -simplex. For the remaining cases , we compute their rational Betti numbers.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2607.28141,
title = {On small covers over Bier spheres},
author = {Suyoung Choi and Younghan Yoon and Seonghyeon Yu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.28141},
year = {2026}
}
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15 pages with 1 figure and 1 table