
doi: 10.1137/16m1076174
Summary: For a positive integer \(k\), a book (with \(k\) pages) is a topological space consisting of a spine, which is a line, and \(k\) pages, which are half-planes with the spine as their boundary. We say that a graph \(G\) admits a \(k\)-page book embedding or is \(k\)-page book embeddable if there exists a linear ordering of the vertices on the spine and one can assign the edges of \(G\) to \(k\) pages such that no two edges of the same page cross. \textit{M. Yannakakis} [J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 38, No. 1, 36--67 (1989; Zbl 0673.05022)] proved that every plane graph admits a 4-page book embedding. In this paper, we improve this to graphs on the projective plane, that is, those embedded on the projective plane without edge-crossings. \textit{A. Nakamoto} and \textit{T. Nozawa} [Congr. Numerantium 225, 63--71 (2015; Zbl 1335.05050)] showed that every graph on the projective plane admits a 9-page book embedding. In this paper, we improve the latter result to 6-page embedding. Furthermore, we also prove that every graph on the projective plane admits a 3-page book embedding if it is 5-connected and a 5-page book embedding if it is 4-connected. Our idea of the proofs is to use a Tutte path, which is different from previous ones.
graphs on the projective plane, Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.), book embedding, Tutte paths, Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory
graphs on the projective plane, Isomorphism problems in graph theory (reconstruction conjecture, etc.) and homomorphisms (subgraph embedding, etc.), book embedding, Tutte paths, Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory
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