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On intrinsically knotted or completely 3-linked graphs

Geometric Topology 2020-05-19 v4

Abstract

We say that a graph is intrinsically knotted or completely 3-linked if every embedding of the graph into the 3-sphere contains a nontrivial knot or a 3-component link any of whose 2-component sublink is nonsplittable. We show that a graph obtained from the complete graph on seven vertices by a finite sequence of Y\triangle Y-exchanges and YY \triangle-exchanges is a minor-minimal intrinsically knotted or completely 3-linked graph.

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@article{arxiv.1006.0698,
  title  = {On intrinsically knotted or completely 3-linked graphs},
  author = {Ryo Hanaki and Ryo Nikkuni and Kouki Taniyama and Akiko Yamazaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.0698},
  year   = {2020}
}

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17 pages, 9 figures

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