Genus (mathematics)

Genus (mathematics)

In mathematics, "genus" has a few different, but closely related, meanings:

Topology

Orientable surface

The genus of a connected, orientable surface is an integer representing the maximum number of cuttings along closed simple curves without rendering the resultant manifold disconnected. It is equal to the number of handles on it. Alternatively, it can be defined in terms of the Euler characteristic χ, via the relationship "χ = 2 − 2g" for closed surfaces, where "g" is the genus. For surfaces with "b" boundary components, the equation reads "χ = 2 − 2g − b".

For instance:
* A sphere, disc and annulus all have genus zero.
* A torus has genus one, as does the surface of a coffee mug with a handle. This is the source of the joke that "a topologist is someone who can't tell their donut apart from their coffee mug."

An explicit construction of surfaces of genus "g" is given in the article on the fundamental polygon.

Non-orientable surface

The (non-orientable) genus of a connected, non-orientable closed surface is a positive integer representing the number of cross-caps attached to a sphere. Alternatively, it can be defined for a closed surface in terms of the Euler characteristic χ, via the relationship "χ = 2 − k", where k is the non-orientable genus.

For instance:
* A projective plane has non-orientable genus one.
* A Klein bottle has non-orientable genus two.

Knot

The genus of a knot "K" is defined as the minimal genus of all Seifert surfaces for "K".

Handlebody

The genus of a 3-dimensional handlebody is an integer representing the maximum number of cuttings along embedded disks without rendering the resultant manifold disconnected. It is equal to the number of handles on it.

For instance:
* A ball has genus zero.
* A solid torus D^2 imes S^1 has genus one.

Graph theory

The genus of a graph is the minimal integer "n" such that the graph can be drawn without crossing itself on a sphere with "n" handles (i.e. an oriented surface of genus "n"). Thus, a planar graph has genus 0, because it can be drawn on a sphere without self-crossing.

The non-orientable genus of a graph is the minimal integer "n" such that the graph can be drawn without crossing itself on a sphere with "n" cross-caps (i.e. a non-orientable surface of (non-orientable) genus "n").

In topological graph theory there are several definitions of the genus of a group. Arthur T. White introduced the following concept. The genus of a group G is the minimum genus of any of (connected, undirected) Cayley graphs for G.

Algebraic geometry

There are two related definitions of genus of any projective algebraic scheme "X": the arithmetic genus and the geometric genus. When "X" is a algebraic curve with field of definition the complex numbers, and if "X" has no singular points, then both of these definitions agree and coincide with the topological definition applied to the Riemann surface of "X" (its manifold of complex points). The definition of elliptic curve from algebraic geometry is "non-singular curve of genus 1 with a given point on it".

See also

* Cayley graph
* Group
* Geometric genus
* Arithmetic genus
* Genus of a multiplicative sequence

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