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Counting balanced signed graphs using marked graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Frank Harary
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI 48109
Jerald A. Kabell
Affiliation:
Department of MathematicsUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI 48109
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A graph in which each line is designated as either positive or negative is called a signed graph S. The sign of a cycle in S is a product of the signs of its lines. A signed graph in which every cycle is positive is called balanced. This concept was introduced by Harary in (3) and the following characterisation of balanced signed graphs was given.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1981

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