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Yoshikawa moves on marked graphs via Roseman's theorem

Geometric Topology 2017-04-28 v3

Abstract

Yoshikawa [Yo] conjectured that a certain set of moves on marked graph diagrams generates the isotopy relation for surface links in R4{\mathbb R}^4, and this was proved by Swenton [S] and Kearton and Kurlin [KK]. In this paper, we find another proof of this fact for the case of 2-links (surface links with spherical components). The proof involves a version of Roseman's theorem [R] for branch-free broken surface diagrams of 2-links and a construction of marked graphs from branch-free broken surface diagrams.

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@article{arxiv.1701.07170,
  title  = {Yoshikawa moves on marked graphs via Roseman's theorem},
  author = {Oleg Chterental},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.07170},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

v2 added references, various improvements, v3 removed Section 5. 28 pages, 29 figures. Comments are welcome