All 2-dimensional links in 4-space live inside a universal 3-dimensional polyhedron

DOI10.2140/agt.2008.8.1223zbMath1151.57027arXiv0801.3647MaRDI QIDQ945656

Vitaliy Kurlin, Cherry Kearton

Publication date: 17 September 2008

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.3647

zbMATH Keywords

handle decomposition; singular link; 2-knot; marked graph; 2-link; 3-page book; 3-page embedding; hexabasic book; universal polyhedron; universal semigroup

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57Q35: Embeddings and immersions in PL-topology

57Q37: Isotopy in PL-topology

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