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Wilson, R.J. (1978). 200 years of graph theory — A guided tour. In: Alavi, Y., Lick, D.R. (eds) Theory and Applications of Graphs. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 642. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0070360

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