Spatial graph as connected sum of a planar graph and a braid

DOI10.1142/S0218216521500772MaRDI QIDQ5033073zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Akio Kawauchi, Valeriy G. Bardakov

Publication date 22 February 2022

Published in Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.16072

zbMATH Keywords

braidfundamental group of spatial graphplanar graphspatial graphtangle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generalized knots (virtual knots, welded knots, quandles, etc.) (57K12) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15)

Abstract: In this paper we show that every finite spatial graph is a connected sum of a planar graph, which is a forest, i.e. disjoint union of finite number of trees and a tangle. As a consequence we get that any finite spatial graph is a connected sum of a planar graph and a braid. Using these decompositions it is not difficult to find a set of generators and defining relations for the fundamental group of compliment of a spatial graph in 3-space $mathbb{R}^3$.

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