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Capturing links in spatial complete graphs

Geometric Topology 2022-04-20 v8

Abstract

We say that a set of pairs of disjoint cycles Λ(G)\Lambda(G) of a graph GG is linked if for any spatial embedding ff of GG there exists an element λ\lambda of Λ(G)\Lambda(G) such that the 22-component link f(λ)f(\lambda) is nonsplittable, and also say minimally linked if none of its proper subsets are linked. In this paper, (1) we show that the set of all pairs of disjoint cycles of GG is minimally linked if and only if GG is essentially same as a graph in the Petersen family, and (2) for any two integers p,q3p,q\ge 3, we exhibit a minimally linked set of Hamiltonian (p,q)(p,q)-pairs of cycles of the complete graph Kp+qK_{p+q} with at most eighteen elements.

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@article{arxiv.2105.11297,
  title  = {Capturing links in spatial complete graphs},
  author = {Ryo Nikkuni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.11297},
  year   = {2022}
}

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10 pages, 3 figures