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Discrete Mathematics

Volume 307, Issues 3–5, 6 February 2007, Pages 445-463
Discrete Mathematics

Graphs of polyhedra; polyhedra as graphs

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Abstract

Relations between graph theory and polyhedra are presented in two contexts. In the first, the symbiotic dependence between 3-connected planar graphs and convex polyhedra is described in detail. In the second, a theory of nonconvex polyhedra is based on a graph-theoretic foundation. This approach eliminates the vagueness and inconsistency that pervade much of the literature dealing with polyhedra more general than the convex ones.

Keywords

Polygon
3-Connected planar graph
Steinitz's theorem
Convex polyhedron
Nonconvex polyhedron
Abstract polyhedron

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