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We devote this chapter to the particular case of paving simplicial complexes, with special emphasis on the case of dimension 2. We shall develop tools such as the graph of flats, which will lead us in Chap. 7 to results involving the geometric realization of the complex.
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Rhodes, J., Silva, P.V. (2015). Paving Simplicial Complexes. In: Boolean Representations of Simplicial Complexes and Matroids. Springer Monographs in Mathematics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15114-4_6
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