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Combinatorial Characterization of Upward Planarity

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We give a combinatorial characterization of upward planar graphs in terms of upward planar orders, which are special linear extensions of edge posets.

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This work is partly supported by the National Scientific Foundation of China Nos. 11431010 and 11571329 and “the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.”

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China

    Xuexing Lu & Yu Ye

  2. Wu Wen-Tsun Key Laboratory of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei, China

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Lu, X., Ye, Y. Combinatorial Characterization of Upward Planarity. Commun. Math. Stat. 7, 207–223 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40304-018-0169-2

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