Canonical decompositions and algorithmic recognition of spatial graphs

Autor: Friedl, Stefan, Munser, Lars, Quintanilha, José Pedro, Rego, Yuri Santos
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society 67 (2024) 388-430
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1017/S0013091524000087
Popis: We prove that there exists an algorithm for determining whether two piecewise-linear spatial graphs are isomorphic. In its most general form, our theorem applies to spatial graphs furnished with vertex colorings, edge colorings and/or edge orientations. We first show that spatial graphs admit canonical decompositions into blocks, that is, spatial graphs that are non-separable and have no cut vertices, in a suitable topological sense. Then we apply a result of Haken and Matveev in order to algorithmically distinguish these blocks.
Comment: 57 pages, 16 figures
Databáze: arXiv