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Embeddings of Surfaces into 3-Space and Quadruple Points of Regular Homotopies

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let F be a closed orientable surface. We give an explicit formula for the number mod 2 of quadruple points occurring in any generic regular homotopy between any two regularly homotopic embeddings e,e':F -> R^3. The formula is in terms of homological data extracted from the two embeddings.

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@article{arxiv.math/9911066,
  title  = {Embeddings of Surfaces into 3-Space and Quadruple Points of Regular Homotopies},
  author = {Tahl Nowik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9911066},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages, 2 figures