ar X iv : m at h / 03 10 05 6 v 2 [ m at h . C O ] 5 M ay 2 00 4 COMPLEXES OF GRAPH HOMOMORPHISMS

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  • DMITRY N. KOZLOV
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Hom (G,H) is a polyhedral complex defined for any two undirected graphs G and H. This construction was introduced by Lovász to give lower bounds for chromatic numbers of graphs. In this paper we initiate the study of the topological properties of this class of complexes. We show that Hom (K2, Kn) is a boundary complex of a polytope, on which the natural Z2-action on the first argument, induces an antipodal action. We prove that Hom (Km,Kn) is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of (n − m)dimensional spheres, and provide an enumeration formula for the number of the spheres. As a corollary we prove that if for some graph G, and integers m ≥ 2 and k ≥ −1, the space Hom (Km, G) is k-connected, then χ(G) ≥ k +m+ 1. When F is an arbitrary forest, we show that Hom (F,Kn) is homotopy equivalent to a direct product of (n − 2)-dimensional spheres, while Hom (F ,Kn) is homotopy equivalent to a wedge of spheres.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008