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A note on collapsibility of acyclic 2-complexes

Algebraic Topology 2020-12-16 v2

Abstract

We present a Morse-theoretic characterization of collapsibility for 2-dimensional acyclic simplicial complexes by means of the values of normalized optimal combinatorial Morse functions.

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@article{arxiv.1907.09550,
  title  = {A note on collapsibility of acyclic 2-complexes},
  author = {Nicolás A. Capitelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.09550},
  year   = {2020}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure

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