Precise lower bound for the number of edges of minor weight in planar maps
We prove that every planar graph with maximum degree ∆ is strong edge (2∆−1)-colorable if its girth is at least 40 [...] +1. The bound 2∆−1 is reached at any graph that has two adjacent vertices of degree ∆.
The intersection matrix of a simplicial complex has entries equal to the rank of the intersecction of its facets. We prove that this matrix is enough to define up to isomorphism a triangulation of a surface.
We describe how the simple planar quadrangulations with vertices of degree 3 and 4, whose duals are known as octahedrites, can all be obtained from an elementary family of starting graphs by repeatedly applying two expansion operations. This allows for construction of a linear time generator of all graphs in the class with at most a given order, up to isomorphism.