The hirsch conjecture holds for normal flag complexes

Karim A. Adiprasito, Bruno Benedetti

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Abstract

Using an intuition from metric geometry, we prove that any flag normal simplicial complex satisfies the nonrevisiting path conjecture. As a consequence, the diameter of its facet-ridge graph is smaller than the number of vertices minus the dimension, as in the Hirsch conjecture. This proves the Hirsch conjecture for all flag polytopes and, more generally, for all (connected) flag homology manifolds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1340-1348
Number of pages9
JournalMathematics of Operations Research
Volume39
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Nov 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cat(1) spaces
  • Dual graph
  • Flag
  • Graph diameter
  • Hirsch conjecture
  • Polytopes
  • Simplex method

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • General Mathematics
  • Management Science and Operations Research

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