Unlinked Embedded Graphs
Quantum Algebra
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This paper is a self-contained development of an invariant of graphs embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space using the Jones polynomial and skein theory. Some examples of the invariant are computed. An unlinked embedded graph is one that contains only trivial knots or links. Examples show that the invariant is sufficiently powerful to distinguish some different unlinked embeddings of the same graph.
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@article{arxiv.math/0009016,
title = {Unlinked Embedded Graphs},
author = {John W. Barrett},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0009016},
year = {2007}
}
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amstex, 5 pages