用 $d-2$ 个额外顶点完成壳化
Completing shellings with $d-2$ extra vertices
- Texas State University(德克萨斯州立大学)
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AI总结:
证明西蒙猜想在允许加入 $d-2$ 个新顶点时成立,且该数目最优;对任意 $k$ 也适用于 $k$-可分解性,并构造反例说明 $d-3$ 个顶点不足。
AI中文摘要:
西蒙猜想(1994)断言:任何在 $n$ 个顶点上的纯 $d$ 维可壳复形,都可以在保持可壳性的前提下,一次一个面地扩展为 $n$ 个顶点上单纯形的 $d$-骨架。Bolognini 和 Sentinelli(2026)最近对所有 $d \geq 3$ 否证了该猜想。我们证明,一旦允许加入 $d-2$ 个新顶点,该猜想成立;并且对于任意 $k \geq 1$,用 $k$-可分解性替代可壳性时同样成立。我们还证明 $d-2$ 这个数目不能减少。对 Bolognini 和 Sentinelli 的反例进行膨胀,可对每个 $d \geq 3$ 构造一个 $1$-可分解复形,它无法仅用 $d-3$ 个新顶点以这种方式扩展,即使仅要求保持可壳性也不行。
英文摘要:
Simon's conjecture (1994) asserts that any pure $d$-dimensional shellable complex on $n$ vertices can be extended to the $d$-skeleton of the simplex on $n$ vertices, one facet at a time, while maintaining shellability. Bolognini and Sentinelli (2026) recently disproved it for every $d \geq 3$. We show that the conjecture becomes true once $d-2$ new vertices are allowed, and that the same holds with $k$-decomposability in place of shellability for any $k \geq 1$. We also show that the number $d-2$ cannot be lowered. Inflating the counterexample of Bolognini and Sentinelli gives, for every $d \geq 3$, a $1$-decomposable complex that cannot be extended in this way with only $d-3$ new vertices, even while merely maintaining shellability.