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Tilings, packings and expected Betti numbers in simplicial complexes

Probability 2018-06-14 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Let KK be a finite simplicial complex. We prove that the normalized expected Betti numbers of a random subcomplex in its dd-th barycentric subdivision Sdd(K)\text{Sd}^d (K) converge to universal limits as dd grows to ++ \infty. In codimension one, we use canonical filtrations of Sdd(K)\text{Sd}^d (K) to upper estimate these limits and get a monotony theorem which makes it possible to improve these estimates given any packing of disjoint simplices in Sdd(K)\text{Sd}^d (K). We then introduce a notion of tiling of simplicial complexes having the property that skeletons and barycentric subdivisions of tileable simplicial complexes are tileable. This enables us to tackle the problem: How many disjoint simplices can be packed in Sdd(K)\text{Sd}^d (K), d0d \gg 0?

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@article{arxiv.1806.05084,
  title  = {Tilings, packings and expected Betti numbers in simplicial complexes},
  author = {Nermin Salepci and Jean-Yves Welschinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.05084},
  year   = {2018}
}

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28 pages, 4 figures

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