descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1987 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Journal of Graph Theory, volume 11, pages 13-19 (issn: 0364-9024, eissn: 1097-0118,

Authors: Cameron, Peter J.; Cheywynd, Amanda G.; Watkins, John J.;

doi: 10.1002/jgt.3190110104

Decomposition of snarks

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Abstract

AbstractThere are several methods for constructing snarks (cubic graphs with chromatic index 4). We study the reverse process of splitting a snark into smaller snarks which compose it. We also introduce the notion of a “prime” snark.

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Keywords

Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs, splitting, cubic graphs, chromatic index 4, snarks

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