Year: 1997
Type: preprint
Abstract: Each rule $f$ that assigns a vector $f(G)$ to an $(n+1)$-graph $G$ determines a class (or property) of $n$-manifold invariants. An invariant $v=v(M)$ is in this class if, for any triangulated manifold $|G|=M$, one has that $v(M)$ is a linear function of $f(G)$. This paper defines a flag vector $f(G)$ for $i$-graphs, whose associated invariants might be quantum, and which is of interest in its own right. The definition (via the concept of shelling, and a `disjoint pair of optional cells' rule for the link) seems to apply to any finite combinatorial object, and so to any compact topological object that can be triangulated. It also applies to finite groups.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Fine, Jonathan
Language: English
Subfield: Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1616225765