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A topological menagerie

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.

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AuthorshipTopic signalWA topological menageriepreprint / 2004APaul MelvinResearcherTmath.GT2393 works
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A topological menagerie

preprint / 2004

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