On the connection between coordinate and diagonal arrangement complements

Abstract

We study diagonal arrangement complements $D(K)$ in ${\mathbb{C}}^m$. We consider the class of simplicial complexes $K$ in which any two missing faces have a common vertex, and prove that the coordinate arrangement complement $U(K)$ is the double suspension of the diagonal arrangement complement $D(K)$. In the case of subspace arrangements in ${\mathbb{R}}^m$ the coordinate arrangement complement $U_{\mathbb{R}}(K)$ is the single suspension of $D_{\mathbb{R}}(K)$.

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