A knotted minimal tree
Abstract
This paper contains a construction of a finite set X in the boundary of the unit 3-ball in R3 whose minimal tree is knotted. The example answers Problem 5.17 in ''Problems in Low-dimensional Topology'' by Rob Kirby posed by Michael Freedman: ''Given a finite set of points X in the boundary of B3, let T be a tree in B3 of minimal length containing X. Is T unknotted, that is, is there a PL imbedded 2-ball in B3 containing T?''
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