Independent sets in triangle-free cubic planar graphs

Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Series B

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-275

  Heckman, Christopher Carl ^a   Thomas, Robin ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graph; Independent set; Maximum degree three; Planar graph; Stable set; Triangle free

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544438879     PISSN: 00958956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctb.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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