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Main Authors: Bolognini, Davide, Sentinelli, Paolo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24732
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author Bolognini, Davide
Sentinelli, Paolo
author_facet Bolognini, Davide
Sentinelli, Paolo
contents We disprove a long-standing open conjecture due to Simon stating that all skeleta of simplices are extendably shellable. In particular, for every $d \geq 3$ we provide a pure $d$-dimensional shellable simplicial complex which is not shelling completable.
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spellingShingle Non-extendably shellable skeleta of simplices
Bolognini, Davide
Sentinelli, Paolo
Combinatorics
We disprove a long-standing open conjecture due to Simon stating that all skeleta of simplices are extendably shellable. In particular, for every $d \geq 3$ we provide a pure $d$-dimensional shellable simplicial complex which is not shelling completable.
title Non-extendably shellable skeleta of simplices
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.24732