The notion of covering type was recently introduced by Karoubi and Weibel to measure the complexity of a topological space by means of good coverings. When X has the homotopy type of a finite CW-complex, its covering type coincides with the minimum possible number of vertices of a simplicial complex homotopy equivalent to X. In this article we compute the covering type of all closed surfaces. Our results completely settle a problem posed by Karoubi and Weibel, and shed more light on the relationship between the topology of surfaces and the number of vertices of minimal triangulations from a homotopy point of view. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | The covering type of closed surfaces and minimal triangulations |
Autor: | Borghini, E.; Minian, E.G. |
Filiación: | Departamento de Matemática, IMAS, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Palabras clave: | Covering type; Minimal triangulations; Surfaces |
Año: | 2019 |
Volumen: | 166 |
Página de inicio: | 1 |
Página de fin: | 10 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcta.2019.02.005 |
Título revista: | Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series A |
Título revista abreviado: | J. Comb. Theory Ser. A |
ISSN: | 00973165 |
CODEN: | JCBTA |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00973165_v166_n_p1_Borghini |