Zigzags and Railroads of Spheres \(3_v\) and \(4_v\)

  • Michel-Marie Deza
  • Mathieu Dutour Sikirić
  • Mikhail Ivanovitch Shtogrin
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Abstract

We consider the zigzag and railroad structures of \(3\)-regular plane graphs and, especially, graphs \(a_v\), i.e., \(v-vertex\) \((\{a,6\},3)\)-spheres, where \(a=2\), \(3\), or \(4\). The case \(a=5\) has been treated in previous Chapter.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Michel-Marie Deza
    • 1
  • Mathieu Dutour Sikirić
    • 2
  • Mikhail Ivanovitch Shtogrin
    • 3
  1. 1.École Normale Supérieure, Paris and University of CampinasCampinasBrazil
  2. 2.Institute Rudjer BoúskovićZagreb, HrvatskaCroatia
  3. 3.Russian Academy of SciencesSteklov Mathematical InstituteMoscowRussia

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