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.
Authors
- Henry Stringer
- Joel Foisy
- Morgan Schalizki
- Trinity Paquin
- Catherine Jacobs
Institutions
- Wellesley College (US)
- State University of New York at Potsdam (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The PUMP Journal of Undergraduate Research
- Published
- 2024-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46787/pump.v7i0.3674
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Graph Theory Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00