Vertex-minimal simplicial immersions of the Klein bottle in three space |
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Authors: | Davide P. Cervone |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Brown University, Box 1917, RI 02912 Providence, USA |
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Abstract: | Although the Klein bottle cannot be embedded inR 3, it can be immersed there, and in more than one way. Smooth examples of these immersions have been studied extensively, but little is known about their simplicial versions. The vertices of a triangulation play a crucial role in understanding immersions, so it is reasonable to ask: How few vertices are required to immerse the Klein bottle inR 3? Several examples that use only nine vertices are given in Section 3, and since any triangulation of the Klein bottle must have at least eight vertices, the question becomes: Can the Klein bottle be immersed inR 3 using only eight vertices? In this paper, we show that, in fact, eight isnot enough, nine are required. The proof consists of three parts: first exhibiting examples of 9-vertex immersions; second determining all possible 8-vertex triangulations ofK 2; and third showing that none of these can be immersed inR 3. |
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Keywords: | Primary: 52B05 Secondary: 57Q15, 57Q35 |
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