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A topological menagerie

arXiv:math/0412486

Abstract

This is a recreational paper showing that certain linked graphs cannot be separated. The proofs employ elementary covering space theory, an appeal to a theorem of Scharlemann (concerning the band sums of two unknots), and a Jones polynomial calculation.

4 pages, 6 figures. To appear in the AMS Monthly (Notes)