%0 Journal Article
%T Lower bounds for h-vectors of k-CM, independence and broken circuit complexes
%A Edward Swartz
%J Mathematics
%D 2004
%I arXiv
%X We present a number of lower bounds for the h-vectors of k-CM, broken circuit and independence complexes. These lead to bounds on the coefficients of the characteristic and reliability polynomials of matroids. The main techniques are the use of series and parallel constructions on matroids and the short simplicial h-vector for pure complexes.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0408343v1