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$\triangle Y$-exchanges and the Conway-Gordon theorems

Geometric Topology 2020-05-19 v3

Abstract

Conway-Gordon proved that for every spatial complete graph on 6 vertices, the sum of the linking numbers over all of the constituent 2-component links is congruent to 1 modulo 2, and for every spatial complete graph on 7 vertices, the sum of the Arf invariants over all of the Hamiltonian knots is also congruent to 1 modulo 2. In this paper, we give a Conway-Gordon type theorem for any graph which is obtained from the complete graph on 6 or 7 vertices by a finite sequence of Y\triangle Y-exchanges.

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@article{arxiv.1104.0828,
  title  = {$\triangle Y$-exchanges and the Conway-Gordon theorems},
  author = {Ryo Nikkuni and Kouki Taniyama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.0828},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 5 figures

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