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Embedding compact surfaces into the 3-dimensional Euclidean space with maximum symmetry

Geometric Topology 2017-04-24 v2

Abstract

The symmetries of surfaces which can be embedded into the symmetries of the 3-dimensional Euclidean space R3\mathbb{R}^3 are easier to feel by human's intuition. We give the maximum order of finite group actions on (R3,Σ)(\mathbb{R}^3, \Sigma) among all possible embedded closed/bordered surfaces with given geometric/algebraic genus >1>1 in R3\mathbb{R}^3. We also identify the topological types of the bordered surfaces realizing the maximum order, and find simple representative embeddings for such surfaces.

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@article{arxiv.1702.03087,
  title  = {Embedding compact surfaces into the 3-dimensional Euclidean space with maximum symmetry},
  author = {Chao Wang and Shicheng Wang and Yimu Zhang and Bruno Zimmermann},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1702.03087},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

22 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in SCIENCE CHINA Mathematics

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