An Affine Linear Solution for the 2-Face Colorable Gauss Code Problem in the Klein Bottle and a Quadratic System for Arbitrary Closed Surfaces

dc.creatorLins, Sostenes
dc.creatorOliveira-Lima, Emerson
dc.creatorSilva, Valdenberg
dc.date2003-01-02
dc.date2003-06-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:54:14Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:54:14Z
dc.descriptionLet $\bar{P}$ be a sequence of length $2n$ in which each element of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ occurs twice. Let $P'$ be a closed curve in a closed surface $S$ having $n$ points of simple auto-intersections, inducing a 4-regular graph embedded in $S$ which is 2-face colorable. If the sequence of auto-intersections along $P'$ is given by $\bar{P}$, we say that is a {\em $P'$ 2-face colorable solution for the Gauss Code $\bar{P}$ on surface $S$} or a {\em lacet for $\bar{P}$ on $S$}. In this paper we present a necessary and sufficient condition yielding these solutions when $S$ is Klein bottle. The condition take the form of a system of $m$ linear equations in $2n$ variables over $\Z_2$, where $m \le n(n-1)/2$. Our solution generalize solutions for the projective plane and on the sphere. In a strong way, the Klein bottle is an extremal case admitting an affine linear solution: we show that the similar problem on the torus and on surfaces of higher connectivity are modelled by a quadratic system of equations.
dc.description15 pages, 1 figure minor revisions relative to previous version
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0301012
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0301012
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/66167
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectprimary 05C10; secondary 05C85
dc.titleAn Affine Linear Solution for the 2-Face Colorable Gauss Code Problem in the Klein Bottle and a Quadratic System for Arbitrary Closed Surfaces
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