On vertices , take the simplicial complex generated by . Every edge occurs in two facets. The vertex links, listed cyclically, are , , , , , and , respectively. Thus each vertex link is a cycle graph, and the realization is a compact connected surface without boundary. Its Euler characteristic is , so the classification theorem for surfaces identifies it with the real projective plane. All fifteen possible edges occur, and the listed triangles are distinct three-element sets, so this is an honest abstract simplicial complex, not merely a polygon presentation.

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