How do curved spheres intersect in 3-space?

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2014.05.005MaRDI QIDQ2452046zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Sergey Avvakumov

Publication date 28 May 2014

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1210.7361

zbMATH Keywords

geometric topologygraphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General topology of complexes (57Q05) Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35)

Abstract: The following problem was proposed in 2010 by S. Lando. Let $M$ and $N$ be two unions of the same number of disjoint circles in a sphere. Do there always exist two spheres in 3-space such that their intersection is transversal and is a union of disjoint circles that is situated as $M$ in one sphere and as $N$ in the other? Union $M^{\prime }$ of disjoint circles is {it situated} in one sphere as union $M$ of disjoint circles in the other sphere if there is a homeomorphism between these two spheres which maps $M^{\prime }$ to $M$. We prove (by giving an explicit example) that the answer to this problem is "no". We also prove a necessary and sufficient condition on $M$ and $N$ for existing of such intersecting spheres. This result can be restated in terms of graphs. Such restatement allows for a trivial brute-force algorithm checking the condition for any given $M$ and $N$. It is an open question if a faster algorithm exist.

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