f-Vectors of 3-Manifolds

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2008-05-08

arxiv.org/abs/0805.1144v3

Mathematics

Combinatorics

33 pages, 2 figures, 14 tables, reference updated, to appear in The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics

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In 1970, Walkup completely described the set of $f$-vectors for the four 3-manifolds $S^3$, $S^2 twist S^1$, $S^2 \times S^1$, and $RP^3$. We improve one of Walkup's main restricting inequalities on the set of $f$-vectors of 3-manifolds. As a consequence of a bound by Novik and Swartz, we also derive a new lower bound on the number of vertices that are needed for a combinatorial $d$-manifold in terms of its $\beta_1$-coefficient, which partially settles a conjecture of K\"uhnel. Enumerative results and a search for small triangulations with bistellar flips allow us, in combination with the new bounds, to completely determine the set of $f$-vectors for twenty further 3-manifolds, that is, for the connected sums of sphere bundles $(S^2 \times S^1)^{# k}$ and twisted sphere bundles $(S^2 twist S^1)^{# k}$, where $k=2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,14$. For many more 3-manifolds of different geometric types we provide small triangulations and a partial description of their set of $f$-vectors. Moreover, we show that the 3-manifold $RP^3 # RP^3$ has (at least) two different minimal $g$-vectors.

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