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Two finite linear subdivisions have a common simplicial refinement

Statement

Two finite linear simplicial subdivisions K1,K2 of a fixed finite Euclidean simplicial complex have a common finite linear simplicial refinement. This asserts refinement of triangulations of the same embedded polyhedron, not of arbitrary abstractly homeomorphic triangulations.

Source locators

2.8(5), 2.9 and 2.12, pp.15–16.

Facts & Assumptions

[F1]

Intersection cells form a finite complex refining both triangulations. Intersections of finite linear complexes form a convex cell complex.

[F2]

A finite cell complex has a compatible simplicial triangulation. Finite convex cell complexes admit compatible triangulations.

Proof

Given: Two finite linear subdivisions K1,K2 with the same embedded underlying set.

1.1

Form the finite convex cell complex of all intersections στ, σK1, τK2, and their faces. It covers the common polyhedron and every cell is contained in a simplex of each triangulation.

F1
2.1

Choose a compatible simplicial triangulation T of that finite cell complex. Each simplex of T lies in an intersection cell, hence in one simplex of K1 and one of K2, and T is their common underlying set. These are exactly the conditions for a common linear refinement. If the set is empty take the empty complex; for points and lower-dimensional intersections the same cell triangulation applies. Only finitely many interior-point choices are required.

F2step 1.1

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