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Arc numbers from Gauss diagrams

Geometric Topology 2010-11-02 v1

Abstract

We characterize planar diagrams which may be divided into n arc embeddings in terms of their chord diagrams, generalizing a result of Taniyama for the case n = 2. Two algorithms are provided, one which finds a minimal arc embedding (in quadradic time in the number of crossings), and one which constructs a minimal subdiagram having same arc number as D.

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@article{arxiv.1011.0318,
  title  = {Arc numbers from Gauss diagrams},
  author = {Tobias Hagge},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.0318},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure

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