Intrinsic linking and knotting of graphs in arbitrary 3-manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1025MaRDI QIDQ863049zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Erica Flapan, Don Lawrence, Blake Mellor, Hugh Nelson Howards

Publication date 25 January 2007

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508004

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldsintrinsically knotted graphsintrinsically linked graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10)

Abstract: We prove that a graph is intrinsically linked in an arbitrary 3-manifold M if and only if it is intrinsically linked in S^3. Also, assuming the Poincare Conjecture, we prove that a graph is intrinsically knotted in M if and only if it is intrinsically knotted in S^3.

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