Conjecture on nonseparating cycle types in nonorientable triangulations
Conjecture on nonseparating cycle types in nonorientable triangulations
Let denote the nonorientable surface of Euler genus . A nonseparating cycle is one-sided when its neighborhood is a Möbius band, two-sided otherwise; it is orientable-leaving when deleting it leaves an orientable surface, and nonorientable-leaving otherwise.
Conjecture on nonseparating cycle types. If is odd, every triangulation of has a nonseparating cycle that is one-sided and orientable-leaving, one that is one-sided and nonorientable-leaving, and one that is two-sided and nonorientable-leaving. If is even, every triangulation of has a nonseparating cycle that is one-sided and nonorientable-leaving, one that is two-sided and orientable-leaving, and one that is two-sided and nonorientable-leaving.
The assertion extends the verified low-genus pattern for , , , and . No proof or counterexample is supplied for the stated general ranges.
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Primary source
Thom Sulanke, “Irreducible triangulations of low genus surfaces”, arXiv:math/0606690 (2006).
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