Line Shellings of Geometric Lattices

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Main Authors: Backman, Spencer, Dorpalen-Barry, Galen, Nathanson, Anastasia, Partida, Ethan, Prime, Noah
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Published: 2026
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author Backman, Spencer
Dorpalen-Barry, Galen
Nathanson, Anastasia
Partida, Ethan
Prime, Noah
author_facet Backman, Spencer
Dorpalen-Barry, Galen
Nathanson, Anastasia
Partida, Ethan
Prime, Noah
contents Inspired by Bruggesser-Mani's line shellings of polytopes, we introduce line shellings for the lattice of flats of a matroid: given a normal complex for a Bergman fan of a matroid induced by a building set, we show that the lexicographic order of the coordinates of its vertices is a shelling order. This gives a new proof of Björner's classical result that the order complex of the lattice of flats of a matroid is shellable, and demonstrates shellability for all nested set complexes for matroids.
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spellingShingle Line Shellings of Geometric Lattices
Backman, Spencer
Dorpalen-Barry, Galen
Nathanson, Anastasia
Partida, Ethan
Prime, Noah
Combinatorics
05E14, 05E45, 52B40, 52B22
Inspired by Bruggesser-Mani's line shellings of polytopes, we introduce line shellings for the lattice of flats of a matroid: given a normal complex for a Bergman fan of a matroid induced by a building set, we show that the lexicographic order of the coordinates of its vertices is a shelling order. This gives a new proof of Björner's classical result that the order complex of the lattice of flats of a matroid is shellable, and demonstrates shellability for all nested set complexes for matroids.
title Line Shellings of Geometric Lattices
topic Combinatorics
05E14, 05E45, 52B40, 52B22
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05119