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December 2010 Braid Presentation of Spatial Graphs
Ken KANNO, Kouki TANIYAMA
Tokyo J. Math. 33(2): 509-522 (December 2010). DOI: 10.3836/tjm/1296483485

Abstract

We define braid presentation of edge-oriented spatial graphs as a natural generalization of braid presentation of oriented links. We show that every spatial graph has a braid presentation. For an oriented link, it is known that the braid index is equal to the minimal number of Seifert circles. We show that an analogy does not hold for spatial graphs.

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Ken KANNO. Kouki TANIYAMA. "Braid Presentation of Spatial Graphs." Tokyo J. Math. 33 (2) 509 - 522, December 2010. https://doi.org/10.3836/tjm/1296483485

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Published: December 2010
First available in Project Euclid: 31 January 2011

zbMATH: 1210.57008
MathSciNet: MR2779432
Digital Object Identifier: 10.3836/tjm/1296483485

Subjects:
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57M15

Rights: Copyright © 2010 Publication Committee for the Tokyo Journal of Mathematics

Vol.33 • No. 2 • December 2010
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