Associahedra minimize $f$-vectors of secondary polytopes of planar point sets

Abstract

Kupavskii, Volostnov, and Yarovikov have recently shown that any set of $n$ points in general position in the plane has at least as many (partial) triangulations as the convex $n$-gon. We generalize this in two directions: we show that regular triangulations are enough, and we extend the result to all regular subdivisions, graded by the dimension of their corresponding face in the secondary polytope.

23 pages, 6 figures. Main changes from previous version are an extended introduction, now spit in two sections, "Introduction" and "Preliminaries on regular subdivisions"