Proof of the strong 2-cover conjecture for planar graphs (Q1072568)
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Proof of the strong 2-cover conjecture for planar graphs (English)
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1986
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The following theorem is proven without recourse to the four color theorem. Let \(G\) be a planar bridgeless graph, and let \(S_0=\{C_1,\dots,C_k\}\) be a set of edge-disjoint cycles of \(G\). Then there exists a 2-cover \(S\) of \(G\) with \(S_0\subset S\).
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planar graph
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2-cover conjecture
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edge-disjoint cycles
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