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Reflections on the legitimate deck problem

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Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 686)

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We study the following problem: given a collection H=(Hi‖1≤i≤n) of n graphs, each on n-1 vertices, when does there exist a graph G whose vertex-deleted subgraphs are the members of H?

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  • Adjacency Matrix
  • Degree Sequence
  • Reconstruction Problem
  • Transitive Graph
  • Ramsey Theory

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Bondy, J.A. (1978). Reflections on the legitimate deck problem. In: Holton, D.A., Seberry, J. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 686. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062511

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