When do links admit homeomorphic C-complexes?
Geometric Topology
2016-10-13 v3
Abstract
Any two knots admit orientation preserving homeomorphic Seifert surfaces, as can be seen by stabilizing. There is a generalization of a Seifert surface to the setting of links called a C-complex. In this paper, we ask when two links will admit orientation preserving homeomorphic C-complexes. In the case of 2-component links, we find that the pairwise linking number provides a complete obstruction. In the case of links with 3 or more components and zero pairwise linking number, Milnor's triple linking number provides a complete obstruction.
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@article{arxiv.1604.05361,
title = {When do links admit homeomorphic C-complexes?},
author = {Christopher William Davis and Grant Roth},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.05361},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
11 pages, 12 figures. Corrections made to the bibliography