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Coverings and Colourings

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Graph Theory Applications

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A graph theoretic concept of interest, both from the theoretical and practical points of view, is that of covering. A vertex (edge) of a graph is said to cover the edges (vertices) with which it is incident.

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Foulds, L.R. (1992). Coverings and Colourings. In: Graph Theory Applications. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0933-1_8

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