Zigzag structures of simplicial complexes of type {3,4}

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Let K{\cal K} be a simplicial complex of type {3,4}\{3,4\}, meaning that every (d−2)(d-2)-face is contained in 33 or 44 faces of dimension d−1d-1. Let (P1,…,Pt)(P_1,\ldots,P_t) be the corresponding partition of {1,…,d}\{1,\ldots,d\}, and let lil_i denote zigzag lengths. Type-{3,4}\{3,4\} zigzag conjecture. The complex is not zz-uniform if and only if the part sizes are (d2,d2)(\frac d2,\frac d2) or all even, except for the simplex; in every non-zz-uniform case, gcd⁡(l1,l2)=min⁡(l1,l2)\gcd(l_1,l_2)=\min(l_1,l_2) for any two zigzag lengths. In the two specified extreme partitions, the maximum and minimum lengths are respectively d(d+2)2\frac{d(d+2)}2 and d+2d+2, or 3d3d and 3d2\frac{3d}2. For partition {1},{2,…,d}\{1\},\{2,\ldots,d\}, the complex is BPyr(αd−1)BPyr(\alpha_{d-1}). For partition {1},{2},…,{d−2},{d−1,d}\{1\},\{2\},\ldots,\{d-2\},\{d-1,d\}, it has the stated orbit counts, zigzag length 6d6d, intersection vectors, and parity-dependent orbit sizes from the source. The supplied text gives no resolution.

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Michel Deza and Mathieu Dutour, “Zigzag structure of complexes”, arXiv:math/0405279 (2004).

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