Representing branched coverings by edge-coloured graphs

DOI10.1016/S0166-8641(89)80008-2zbMath0679.57001MaRDI QIDQ1822800

Luigi Grasselli, Maria Rita Casali

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

link4-coloured graphsmanifold crystallizationsbridge presentationbranched coverings of \(S^ 3\)orientable 3-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15) Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12)

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