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Discrete Mathematics

Volume 285, Issues 1–3, 6 August 2004, Pages 211-218
Discrete Mathematics

Chromatic numbers and cycle parities of quadrangulations on nonorientable closed surfaces

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Abstract

In this paper, we shall show that every quadrangulation on a nonorientable closed surface with sufficiently large representativity has chromatic number 2, 3 or 4 and characterize those for each value, discussing an algebraic invariant called a cycle parity. In particular, we shall prove that such a quadrangulation is 4-chromatic if and only if it has an odd cycle which cuts open the host surface into an orientable surface.

Keywords

Quadrangulation
Chromatic number
Cycle parity
Representativity

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