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On small covers over Bier spheres

Algebraic Topology 2026-07-30 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

The Bier sphere of a simplicial complex KK is defined as the deleted join of KK 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 m4m \geq 4, we determine the homeomorphism types of small covers over the Bier spheres of the 00-skeleton and the (m3)(m-3)-skeleton of an (m1)(m-1)-simplex. For the remaining cases 0<r<m30<r<m-3, 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