Reduced Wu and Generalized Simon Invariants for Spatial Graphs
Geometric Topology
2019-02-20 v2
Abstract
We introduce invariants of spatial graphs related to the Wu invariant and the Simon invariant, and apply them to prove that certain graphs are intrinsically chiral, and to obtain lower bounds for the minimal crossing number of embedded graphs.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1309.2886,
title = {Reduced Wu and Generalized Simon Invariants for Spatial Graphs},
author = {Erica Flapan and Will Fletcher and Ryo Nikkuni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1309.2886},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
26 pages, 19 figures