Intrinsic linking and knotting of graphs in arbitrary 3-manifolds

DOI10.2140/AGT.2006.6.1025zbMATH Open1128.57005arXivmath/0508004OpenAlexW3098873796WikidataQ56431009 ScholiaQ56431009MaRDI QIDQ863049FDOQ863049

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)

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldsintrinsically knotted graphsintrinsically linked graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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