Real Root Conjecture Fails for Five- and Higher-Dimensional Spheres

AbstractA construction of convex flag triangulations of five- and higher-dimensional spheres, whose h-polynomials fail to have only real roots, is given. We show that there is no such example in dimensions lower than five. A condition weaker than real rootedness is conjectured and some evidence is provided.

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