Matroidal bijections between graphs (Q2276983): Difference between revisions

The authors study 5 classes of bijections between the edge sets of two graphs, e.g. those induced by a homomorphism (called ``chromatic maps'') and those preserving cycles (called ``cyclic'' maps). All five conditions are quite natural when one considers graphs as binary matroids. These classes of map give rise to parameters of the graph G (e.g., chromatic maps lead to the well-known chromatic number) which are then studied in detail.