The Foundations of Topological Graph Theory /

This is a book on topological graph theory written from a purely combinatorial viewpoint. The aim is to develop a rigorous approach to the foundations of the subject. The book should therefore appeal to graduate students and researchers in topological graph theory. The basic tool used is the idea of...

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Main Author: Bonnington, C. Paul
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Little, Charles H. C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 1995.
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Summary:This is a book on topological graph theory written from a purely combinatorial viewpoint. The aim is to develop a rigorous approach to the foundations of the subject. The book should therefore appeal to graduate students and researchers in topological graph theory. The basic tool used is the idea of a 3-graph which is a cubic graph endowed with a proper edge colouring in three colours. A special case of a 3-graph, called a gem, provides a model for a cellular imbedding of a graph in a surface. Thus theorems about imbeddings of graphs become theorems about gems. In the book we show that many of these theorems generalise to theorems about 3-graphs.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 178 pages 69 illustrations)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-163) and index.
ISBN:9781461225409 (electronic bk.)
146122540X (electronic bk.)