On generating snarks

Busiso P. Chisala

Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory (1998)

  • Volume: 18, Issue: 2, page 147-158
  • ISSN: 2083-5892

Abstract

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We discuss the construction of snarks (that is, cyclically 4-edge connected cubic graphs of girth at least five which are not 3-edge colourable) by using what we call colourable snark units and a welding process.

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Busiso P. Chisala. "On generating snarks." Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory 18.2 (1998): 147-158. <http://eudml.org/doc/270280>.

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References

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