{ "id": "1108.2880", "version": "v1", "published": "2011-08-14T15:15:35.000Z", "updated": "2011-08-14T15:15:35.000Z", "title": "Topological Symmetry Groups of Graphs in 3-Manifolds", "authors": [ "Erica Flapan", "Harry Tamvakis" ], "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "We prove that for every closed, connected, orientable, irreducible 3-manifold, there exists an alternating group A_n which is not the topological symmetry group of any graph embedded in the manifold. We also show that for every finite group G, there is an embedding {\\Gamma} of some graph in a hyperbolic rational homology 3-sphere such that the topological symmetry group of {\\Gamma} is isomorphic to G.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2011-08-14T15:15:35.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57M15", "57M60", "05C10", "05C25" ], "keywords": [ "topological symmetry group", "hyperbolic rational homology", "finite group", "isomorphic" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2011arXiv1108.2880F" } } }