Abstract
AbstractWe provide a simple characterization of simplicial complexes on few vertices that embed into the d-sphere. Namely, a simplicial complex on $$d+3$$
d
+
3
vertices embeds into the d-sphere if and only if its non-faces do not form an intersecting family. As immediate consequences, we recover the classical van Kampen–Flores theorem and provide a topological extension of the Erdős–Ko–Rado theorem. By analogy with Fáry’s theorem for planar graphs, we show in addition that such complexes satisfy the rigidity property that continuous and linear embeddability are equivalent.
Funder
Division of Mathematical Sciences
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
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