Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds
Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. 2017. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 58(4), 871–888.
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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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2017-06-09
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Discrete & Computational Geometry
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58
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4
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871 - 888
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Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 2017;58(4):871-888. doi:10.1007/s00454-017-9900-0
Burton, B., de Mesmay, A. N., & Wagner, U. (2017). Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds. Discrete & Computational Geometry. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-017-9900-0
Burton, Benjamin, Arnaud N de Mesmay, and Uli Wagner. “Finding Non-Orientable Surfaces in 3-Manifolds.” Discrete & Computational Geometry. Springer, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00454-017-9900-0.
B. Burton, A. N. de Mesmay, and U. Wagner, “Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds,” Discrete & Computational Geometry, vol. 58, no. 4. Springer, pp. 871–888, 2017.
Burton B, de Mesmay AN, Wagner U. 2017. Finding non-orientable surfaces in 3-Manifolds. Discrete & Computational Geometry. 58(4), 871–888.
Burton, Benjamin, et al. “Finding Non-Orientable Surfaces in 3-Manifolds.” Discrete & Computational Geometry, vol. 58, no. 4, Springer, 2017, pp. 871–88, doi:10.1007/s00454-017-9900-0.
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