Nevo–Petersen conjecture on gamma-vectors of flag simplicial spheres

Let Δ\Delta be a flag simplicial sphere of dimension d1d-1, and let

γ(Δ):=(γ0(Δ),,γd/2(Δ))\gamma(\Delta):=(\gamma_0(\Delta),\ldots,\gamma_{\lfloor d/2\rfloor}(\Delta))

be the coefficients in its gamma expansion. Nevo–Petersen conjecture. There exists a simplicial complex Γ\Gamma such that γ(Δ)=f(Γ)\gamma(\Delta)=f(\Gamma).

This strengthens Gal’s conjecture by requiring the gamma-vector to satisfy the Kruskal–Katona inequalities. The source does not state a resolution.

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Primary source

Basile Coron, Luis Ferroni and Shiyue Li, “Matroid analogues of Gal's conjecture”, arXiv:2604.04550 (2026).

Additional references

6 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2411.14036, arXiv:1809.06835, arXiv:1505.06380, arXiv:1209.1789, arXiv:1003.2544.

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