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On the Genus of Strong Tensor Products of Graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

B. L. Garman ,
R. D. Ringeisen  and
A. T. White
B. L. Garman
Affiliation:
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
R. D. Ringeisen
Affiliation:
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008
A. T. White
Affiliation:
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46805
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The genus parameter for graphs has been studied extensively in recent years, with impetus given primarily by the Ringel-Youngs solution to the Heawood Map-coloring Problem [15]. This solution involved the determination of 𝛄(Kn), the genus of the complete graph Kn.

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 01 June 1976 , pp. 523 - 532
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1976

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