Topological symmetry groups of complete bipartite graphs

DOI10.3836/TJM/1459367261zbMATH Open1357.57012arXiv1412.7255OpenAlexW2963447081MaRDI QIDQ330470FDOQ330470

Authors: Kathleen Hake, Blake Mellor, Matt Pittluck 

Publication date: 26 October 2016

Published in: Tokyo Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The symmetries of complex molecular structures can be modeled by the {em topological symmetry group} of the underlying embedded graph. It is therefore important to understand which topological symmetry groups can be realized by particular abstract graphs. This question has been answered for complete graphs; it is natural next to consider complete bipartite graphs. In previous work we classified the complete bipartite graphs that can realize topological symmetry groups isomorphic to $A_4$, $S_4$ or $A_5$; in this paper we determine which complete bipartite graphs have an embedding in $S^3$ whose topological symmetry group is isomorphic to $mathbb{Z}_m$, $D_m$, $mathbb{Z}_{r}imesmathbb{Z}_s$ or $(mathbb{Z}_{r}imesmathbb{Z}_s)ltimesmathbb{Z}_2$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.7255

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zbMATH Keywords

orthogonal groupcomplete bipartite graphspatial graphglide rotationtopological symmetry group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Molecular structure (graph-theoretic methods, methods of differential topology, etc.) (92E10) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

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