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Linking invariants of spatial graphs

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 28 references
Mathematics Computer Science

Abstract

We recall definitions of linking numbers and Wu--Simon numbers for spatial graphs. We expose a `converse'to the Conway--Gordon--Sachs theorem (i.e. description of linking functions for embeddings $K_6\to\mathbb{R}^3$), and some results on Wu--Simon numbers. We conjecture and discuss a generalization of the Conway--Gordon--Sachs theorem to multiple linking. The exposition is based on plane diagrams, so no knowledge of spatial geometry is required.

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