A Proof Using Böhme's Lemma That no Petersen Family Graph has a Flat Embedding

Sachs and Conway-Gordon used linking number and a beautiful counting argument to prove that every graph in the Petersen family is intrinsically linked (have a pair of disjoint cycles that form a nonsplit link in every spatial embedding) and thus each family member has no flat spatial embedding (an embedding for which every cycle bounds a disk with interior disjoint from the graph). We give an alternate proof that every Petersen family graph has no flat embedding by applying Böhme's Lemma and the Jordan-Brouwer Separation Theorem.

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The PUMP Journal of Undergraduate Research
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2024-12-03
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https://doi.org/10.46787/pump.v7i0.3674
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Advanced Graph Theory Research
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Abstract

Sachs and Conway-Gordon used linking number and a beautiful counting argument to prove that every graph in the Petersen family is intrinsically linked (have a pair of disjoint cycles that form a nonsplit link in every spatial embedding) and thus each family member has no flat spatial embedding (an embedding for which every cycle bounds a disk with interior disjoint from the graph). We give an alternate proof that every Petersen family graph has no flat embedding by applying Böhme's Lemma and the Jordan-Brouwer Separation Theorem.

The PUMP Journal of Undergraduate ResearchVol. 7
Wellesley College (US), State University of New York at Potsdam (US)
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