{
  "id": "0709.1291",
  "version": "v3",
  "published": "2007-09-10T14:22:47.000Z",
  "updated": "2007-09-18T20:03:29.000Z",
  "title": "On D.K. Biss' papers \"The homotopy type of the matroid Grassmannian\" and \"Oriented matroids, complex manifolds, and a combinatorial model for BU\"",
  "authors": [
    "N. Mnev"
  ],
  "comment": "2 pages, no figures",
  "categories": [
    "math.CO",
    "math.AT"
  ],
  "abstract": "We point out a flaw in papers by Daniel Biss devoted to homotopy type of matroid Grassmannians.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v3",
      "updated": "2007-09-18T20:03:29.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "homotopy type",
      "matroid grassmannian",
      "complex manifolds",
      "combinatorial model",
      "oriented matroids"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 2,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2007arXiv0709.1291M"
    }
  }
}