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A theorem on planar graphs

Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM,volume 560)

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In recent years, a number of papers have appeared which attempt to formulate a combinatorial definition of a map. A systematic development of combinatorial map theory from such a definition is still needed, however, as some theorems which are intuitively obvious topologically are not so clear combinatorially. In this paper, a combinatorial proof is provided for one such theorem.

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  1. W.T. Tutte, What is a map?, in New Directions in the Theory of Graphs. (Academic Press, New York, 1973.)

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Little, C.H.C. (1976). A theorem on planar graphs. In: Casse, L.R.A., Wallis, W.D. (eds) Combinatorial Mathematics IV. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 560. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0097375

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