The freeness Index of a graph
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Publication:6403186
arXiv2206.12939MaRDI QIDQ6403186FDOQ6403186
Authors: Abigail Thompson 
Publication date: 26 June 2022
Abstract: We define a new integer invariant of a finite graph G, the freeness index, that measures the extent to which G can be embedded in the 3-sphere so that it and its subgraphs have ``simple" complements, i.e., complements which are homeomorphic to a connect-sum of handlebodies. We relate the freeness index to questions of embedding graphs into surfaces, in particular to the orientable cycle double cover conjecture. We show that a cubic graph satisfying the orientable double cycle cover conjecture has freeness index at least two.
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