Embedding simply connected 2-complexes in 3-space

Seminar series

Combinatorial Theory Seminar

Date

Tue, 30 Jan 2018
14:30

Location

Speaker

Johannes Carmesin

Organisation

Cambridge

We characterise the embeddability of simply connected 2-dimensional simplicial complexes in 3-space in a way analogous to Kuratowski’s characterisation of graph planarity, by excluded minors. This answers questions of Lovász, Pardon and Wagner.