Properties of leveled spatial graphs

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Autori principali: Barthel, Senja, Buccoliero, Fabio
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author Barthel, Senja
Buccoliero, Fabio
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Buccoliero, Fabio
contents We investigate the property of a spatial graph of having a leveled embedding and characterize the abstract graphs with this property. We show that all leveled embeddings are free and we compare leveled and paneled (also known as flat) embeddings. Two new graph invariants are introduced: the level number, an invariant for graphs that admit a leveled embedding, and the Hamiltonian level number, an invariant for Hamiltonian graphs. These invariants provide a measure on how far a graph is from being planar. We study the relation between the (Hamiltonian) level number and other graph invariants that minimize the decomposition of a graph in planar subgraphs, namely the thickness and the book thickness of a graph. We characterize graphs with low level number and determine both the level number and the Hamiltonian level number of complete graphs and of complete bipartite graphs.
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spellingShingle Properties of leveled spatial graphs
Barthel, Senja
Buccoliero, Fabio
Combinatorics
Geometric Topology
05C10, 57M15, 57M25, 05C62, 05C45, 05C15, 05C38
We investigate the property of a spatial graph of having a leveled embedding and characterize the abstract graphs with this property. We show that all leveled embeddings are free and we compare leveled and paneled (also known as flat) embeddings. Two new graph invariants are introduced: the level number, an invariant for graphs that admit a leveled embedding, and the Hamiltonian level number, an invariant for Hamiltonian graphs. These invariants provide a measure on how far a graph is from being planar. We study the relation between the (Hamiltonian) level number and other graph invariants that minimize the decomposition of a graph in planar subgraphs, namely the thickness and the book thickness of a graph. We characterize graphs with low level number and determine both the level number and the Hamiltonian level number of complete graphs and of complete bipartite graphs.
title Properties of leveled spatial graphs
topic Combinatorics
Geometric Topology
05C10, 57M15, 57M25, 05C62, 05C45, 05C15, 05C38
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14974