A simple proof of Gagliardi's handle recognition theorem

DOI10.1016/0012-365X(85)90178-5zbMath0585.57008OpenAlexW2058866783MaRDI QIDQ1070584

Sóstenes Lins

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-365x(85)90178-5

zbMATH Keywords

edge-colored graphscombinatorial handlegraph-encoded manifoldsrecognizing handles in 3- manifolds crystallizations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15)

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Cites Work

• Recognizing a 3-dimensional handle among 4-coloured graphs
• Crystallisation moves
• Graph-encoded 3-manifolds

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