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Decomposition theorem for the cd-index of Gorenstein* posets

Richard Ehrenborg, Kalle Karu

math.COarXiv:math/0611440

Abstract

We prove a decomposition theorem for the cd-index of a Gorenstein* poset analogous to the decomposition theorem for the intersection cohomology of a toric variety. From this we settle a conjecture of Stanley that the cd-index of Gorenstein* lattices is minimized on Boolean algebras.

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