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Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-565

Is the five-flow conjecture almost false?

Author keywords

Flow polynomial; Flow roots; Nowhere zero flows; Petersen graph; Transfer matrix; Tutte's five flow conjecture

Indexed keywords


EID: 84879780519     PISSN: 00958956     EISSN: 10960902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jctb.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article
Times cited : (17)

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