The cd-index of fans and lattices
Abstract
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The number of flags in a complete fan, or more generally in an Eulerian poset, is encoded in the cd-index. We prove non-negativity of the cd-index for complete fans, regular CW-spheres and Gorenstein* posets.
The difference between lattices and posets clarified. 19 pages
The difference between lattices and posets clarified. 19 pages