Abstract
We associate to a good cell decomposition of a manifold M a quadratic algebra and show that the Koszulity of the algebra implies a restriction on the Euler characteristic of M. For a two-dimensional manifold M the algebra is Koszul if and only if the Euler characteristic of M is two.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 983-999 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Algebra |
Volume | 323 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 15 2010 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Algebra and Number Theory
Keywords
- Cell decompositions
- Koszulity
- Splitting algebras