On the Complexity of Recognizing Nerves of Convex Sets


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2023-11-28

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We study the problem of recognizing whether a given abstract simplicial complex K is the k-skeleton of the nerve of j-dimensional convex sets in Rᵈ. We denote this problem by R(k, j, d). As a main contribution, we unify the results of many previous works under this framework and show that many of these works in fact imply stronger results than explicitly stated. This allows us to settle the complexity status of R(1, j, d), which is equivalent to the problem of recognizing intersection graphs of j-dimensional convex sets in Rᵈ, for any j and d. Furthermore, we point out some trivial cases of R(k, j, d), and demonstrate that R(k, j, d) is ER-complete for j in {d - 1, d} and k ≥ d.

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3 (2)

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Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Informatik

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Nerve; Recognition; Existential theory of the reals; Intersection graphs

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03457 - Welzl, Emo (emeritus) / Welzl, Emo (emeritus) check_circle

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