A structure theorem for pseudomanifolds

Bagchi, Bhaskar and Datta, Basudeb (1998) A structure theorem for pseudomanifolds. In: Discrete Mathematics, 188 (1-3). pp. 41-60.

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Abstract

We introduce the notion of primitive pseudo-manifolds and prove that all pseudo-manifolds (without boundary) are built out of the primitive ones by a canonical procedure. This theory is used to explicitly determine and count all the pseudo-manifolds of dimension d greater than or equal to 1 on at most d + 4 vertices. As a consequence, it turns out that their geometric realisations are either spheres or iterated suspensions of the real projective plane

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Discrete Mathematics
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science .
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2009 05:29
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:00
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18078

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