A graph-theoretical representation of PL-manifolds -- a survey on crystallizations

DOI10.1007/BF02188181zbMath0623.57012OpenAlexW2067230975MaRDI QIDQ1091639

Carlo Gagliardi, Luigi Grasselli, Massimo Ferri

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Aequationes Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/137151

zbMATH Keywords

survey bibliography regular genus fundamental group homology orientability regular embedding connected sums branched coverings edge-colored graphs PL-manifolds contracted graphs crystallization moves minimal atlases

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Triangulating manifolds (57Q15) Relations of low-dimensional topology with graph theory (57M15) Coloring of graphs and hypergraphs (05C15)

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