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Chromatic Sums for Rooted Planar Triangulations: The Cases λ = 1 and λ = 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

W. T. Tutte
W. T. Tutte*
Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
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In this paper we derive a functional equation whose solution would give the sum of the chromatic polynomial P(M, λ) over certain classes of rooted planar maps M called “ triangulations” and “near-triangulations”. For an integral colour-number λ this sum is the number of λ-coloured rooted maps of the kind considered, but the sum can also be discussed for non-integral λ.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , April 1973 , pp. 426 - 447
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1973

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