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The Connectivity Order of Links

General Topology 2008-12-18 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We associate at each link a connectivity space which describes its splittability properties. Then, the notion of order for finite connectivity spaces results in the definition of a new numerical invariant for links, their connectivity order. A section of this short paper presents a theorem which asserts that every finite connectivity structure can be realized by a link : the Brunn-Debrunner-Kanenobu Theorem.

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@article{arxiv.0804.4323,
  title  = {The Connectivity Order of Links},
  author = {Stéphane Dugowson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.4323},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures

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