Category theoretic representations of knotted graphs in \(S^ 3\)

DOI10.1016/0001-8708(89)90017-0zbMath0679.57002OpenAlexW2025790379MaRDI QIDQ1822801

David N. Yetter

Publication date: 1989

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-8708(89)90017-0

zbMATH Keywords

ambient isotopy invariants of graphscategory of branched tanglesGeneralized Reidemeister moves for embedded graphsknotted graphs in \({\mathbb{S}}^ 3\)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph theory (05C99) Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35)

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