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A sufficient condition for intrinsic knotting of bipartite graphs

Geometric Topology 2008-11-04 v1

Abstract

We present evidence in support of a conjecture that a bipartite graph with at least five vertices in each part and |E(G)| \geq 4 |V(G)| - 17 is intrinsically knotted. We prove the conjecture for graphs that have exactly five or exactly six vertices in one part. We also show that there is a constant C_n such that a bipartite graph with exactly n \geq 5 vertices in one part and |E(G)| \geq 4 |V(G)| + C_n is intrinsically knotted. Finally, we classify bipartite graphs with ten or fewer vertices with respect to intrinsic knotting.

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@article{arxiv.0811.0036,
  title  = {A sufficient condition for intrinsic knotting of bipartite graphs},
  author = {Sophy Huck and Alexandra Appel and Miguel-Angel Manrique and Thomas W Mattman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.0036},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure