A knotted minimal tree

dc.creatorKuperberg, Krystyna
dc.date1998-06-15
dc.date1998-10-15
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:25:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:25:03Z
dc.descriptionThis paper contains a construction of a finite set X in the boundary of the unit 3-ball in R^3 whose minimal tree is knotted. The example answers Problem 5.17 in ''Problems in Low-dimensional Topology'' by Rob Kirby posed by Michael Freedman: ''Given a finite set of points X in the boundary of B^3, let T be a tree in B^3 of minimal length containing X. Is T unknotted, that is, is there a PL imbedded 2-ball in B^3 containing T?''
dc.description14 pages, 14 figures, to appear in Communications in Contemporary Mathematics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/9806080
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/9806080
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/77044
dc.subjectMetric Geometry
dc.subjectGeometric Topology
dc.subject52A38;57M25
dc.titleA knotted minimal tree
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