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Topological Graph Theory

Graphs Session #2 #1

Subevent of Graphs Session #2

Central Time (US & Canada)

Starts at: 2025-08-12 08:30AM

Ends at: 2025-08-12 08:55AM

Optimization of the lattice stick number in handcuff graphs

Sungjong No ⟨sungjongno@kyonggi.ac.kr⟩

Abstract:

A handcuff graph is a graph consisting of disjoint two loops and connected by an edge. The lattice stick number of a handcuff graph is the minimum number of sticks required to embed the graph in a lattice space. Previous studies have shown that the lattice stick numbers of the trivial handcuff graph and the Hopf-linked handcuff graph are 9 and 11, respectively, and these are the only graphs whose lattice stick number is 13 or less. In this talk, we utilize a squeezing method to identify all models with a lattice stick number of at most 14.

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