Ends, tangles and critical vertex sets

DOI10.1002/MANA.201800174zbMATH Open1428.05223arXiv1804.00588OpenAlexW2964139246WikidataQ127888636 ScholiaQ127888636MaRDI QIDQ5204867FDOQ5204867

Authors: Jan Kurkofka, Max F. Pitz

Publication date: 5 December 2019

Published in: Mathematische Nachrichten (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that an arbitrary infinite graph

G

can be compactified by its ends plus its critical vertex sets, where a finite set

X

of vertices of an infinite graph is critical if its deletion leaves some infinitely many components each with neighbourhood precisely equal to

X

. We further provide a concrete separation system whose

a l e p h_{0}

-tangles are precisely the ends plus critical vertex sets. Our tangle compactification

v e r t G v e r t_{G a m m a}

is a quotient of Diestel's (denoted by

v e r t G v e r t_{T h e t a}

), and both use tangles to compactify a graph in much the same way as the ends of a locally finite and connected graph compactify it in its Freudenthal compactification. Finally, generalising both Diestel's construction of

v e r t G v e r t_{T h e t a}

and our construction of

v e r t G v e r t_{G a m m a}

, we show that

G

can be compactified by every inverse limit of compactifications of the sets of components obtained by deleting a finite set of vertices. Diestel's

v e r t G v e r t_{T h e t a}

is the finest such compactification, and our

v e r t G v e r t_{G a m m a}

is the coarsest one. Both coincide if and only if all tangles are ends. This answers two questions of Diestel.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1804.00588

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zbMATH Keywords

tangle compactification infinite graph critical end critical vertex set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Infinite graphs (05C63) Extensions of spaces (compactifications, supercompactifications, completions, etc.) (54D35)

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