An obstruction to embedding 2-dimensional complexes into the 3-sphere

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2015.11.008zbMATH Open1334.57024arXiv1503.02170OpenAlexW2963288326MaRDI QIDQ896826FDOQ896826

Authors: Kazufumi Eto, Shosaku Matsuzaki, Makoto Ozawa 

Publication date: 14 December 2015

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider an embedding of a $2$-dimensional CW complex into the $3$-sphere, and construct it's dual graph. Then we obtain a homogeneous system of linear equations from the $2$-dimensional CW complex in the first homology group of the complement of the dual graph. By checking that the homogeneous system of linear equations does not have an integral solution, we show that some $2$-dimensional CW complexes cannot be embedded into the 3-sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.02170

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zbMATH Keywords

embedding3-sphereobstructionCW complexmultibranched surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Embeddings and immersions in topological manifolds (57N35) Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology (57Q35)

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