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We construct a sequence of combinatorial triangulations of thed-dimensional torus with 2d+1−1 vertices and with a vertex transitive group action. This generalizes well-known constructions in the casesd=2 (7-vertex torus) andd=3.
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Kühnel, W., Lassmann, G. Combinatoriald-tori with a large symmetry group. Discrete Comput Geom 3, 169–176 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02187905
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