In this paper we are concerned with labelled apparent contours, namely with apparent contours of generic orthogonal projections of embedded surfaces in R3, endowed with a suitable information on the relative depth. We give a proof of the following theorem: there exists a finite set of elementary moves (i.e. local topological changes) on labelled apparent contours such that two generic embeddings in R3 of a closed surface are isotopic if and only if their apparent contours can be connected using only smooth planar isotopies and a finite sequence of moves. This result, that can be obtained as a by-product of general results on knotted surfaces and singularity theory, is obtained here with a direct and rather elementary proof.
Completeness of Reidemeister-type moves for surfaces embedded in three-dimensional space
BEORCHIA, Valentina;
2012-01-01
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In this paper we are concerned with labelled apparent contours, namely with apparent contours of generic orthogonal projections of embedded surfaces in R3, endowed with a suitable information on the relative depth. We give a proof of the following theorem: there exists a finite set of elementary moves (i.e. local topological changes) on labelled apparent contours such that two generic embeddings in R3 of a closed surface are isotopic if and only if their apparent contours can be connected using only smooth planar isotopies and a finite sequence of moves. This result, that can be obtained as a by-product of general results on knotted surfaces and singularity theory, is obtained here with a direct and rather elementary proof.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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