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Star graph representations of chiral objects in graph theory

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Planar chirality of objects is a problem with important applications in many fields of natural sciences, especially in chemistry and pharmacology. The analysis of chirality properties can be studied using n-polyominoes and planar graphs. In this paper we show that graph representations of chiral objects can be star-graphs.

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  1. Institute of mathematics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Egry J. U. 1., 1111, Budapest, Hungary

    Béla Barabás & Ottilia Fülöp

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Barabás, B., Fülöp, O. Star graph representations of chiral objects in graph theory. J Math Chem 50, 1514–1520 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-012-9986-9

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