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Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds
Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. 2016. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds. SoCG: Symposium on Computational Geometry, LIPIcs, vol. 51, 24.1-24.15.
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We investigate the complexity of finding an embedded non-orientable surface of Euler genus g in a triangulated 3-manifold. This problem occurs both as a natural question in low-dimensional topology, and as a first non-trivial instance of embeddability of complexes into 3-manifolds. We prove that the problem is NP-hard, thus adding to the relatively few hardness results that are currently known in 3-manifold topology. In addition, we show that the problem lies in NP when the Euler genus g is odd, and we give an explicit algorithm in this case.
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2016-06-01
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Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing
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51
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24.1 - 24.15
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SoCG: Symposium on Computational Geometry
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Medford, MA, USA
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2016-06-14 – 2016-06-17
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Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds. In: Vol 51. Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing; 2016:24.1-24.15. doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.24
Burton, B., de Mesmay, A. N., & Wagner, U. (2016). Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds (Vol. 51, p. 24.1-24.15). Presented at the SoCG: Symposium on Computational Geometry, Medford, MA, USA: Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.24
Burton, Benjamin, Arnaud N de Mesmay, and Uli Wagner. “Finding Non-Orientable Surfaces in 3-Manifolds,” 51:24.1-24.15. Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.24.
B. Burton, A. N. de Mesmay, and U. Wagner, “Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds,” presented at the SoCG: Symposium on Computational Geometry, Medford, MA, USA, 2016, vol. 51, p. 24.1-24.15.
Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. 2016. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-manifolds. SoCG: Symposium on Computational Geometry, LIPIcs, vol. 51, 24.1-24.15.
Burton, Benjamin, et al. Finding Non-Orientable Surfaces in 3-Manifolds. Vol. 51, Schloss Dagstuhl- Leibniz-Zentrum fur Informatik GmbH, Dagstuhl Publishing, 2016, p. 24.1-24.15, doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2016.24.
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