We investigate a PL topology question: which circle bundles can be triangulated over a given triangulation of the base? The question gets a simple answer emphasizing the role of minimal triangulations encoded by local systems of circular permutations of vertices of the base simplices. The answer is based on an experimental fact: the classical Huntington transitivity axiom for cyclic orders can be expressed as the universal binary Chern cocycle.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)696-710
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Mathematical Sciences (United States)
Volume247
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2020

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