scientific article; zbMATH DE number 139735

MaRDI QIDQ4028068zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Martin Scharlemann

Publication date 28 March 1993

zbMATH Keywords

2-bridge graphsbraid groupBrunnian graphBurau representationplanar

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

Review text

[For the entire collection see Zbl 0747.00024.] A Brunnian graph is one for which every proper subgraph can be isotoped into the plane, but the graph itself cannot. Suzuki has given a family \(\theta_ n\) of Brunnian graphs with an algebraic proof that they are not planar. This paper gives an alternative proof, based on converting the 2-vertex graphs \(\theta_ n\) into `2-bridge graphs'. A previous paper of the author gives a criterion for whether such a graph is planar, and use of the Burau representation of the braid group is made here to show that the criterion is not satisfied.

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