The spanning conjecture for f-vectors of ordinary polytopes
Let be an odd integer with . An ordinary -polytope is a polytope whose face structure is governed by the ordinary-polytope construction; write for the number of its -dimensional faces. The Euler hyperplane is the affine hyperplane
Spanning conjecture. The set of -vectors of all ordinary -polytopes spans the Euler hyperplane. A spanning set consists of the ordinary polytopes
This predicts that these explicitly specified ordinary polytopes provide enough -vectors to span all admissible directions in the Euler hyperplane. The supplied text gives no resolution, so the conjecture is left open.
References
Primary source
Margaret M. Bayer, Aaron M. Bruening and Joshua Stewart, “A combinatorial study of multiplexes and ordinary polytopes”, arXiv:math/0101076 (2001).
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