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Graphs of Degree Three with a Given Abstract Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Robert Frucht*
Affiliation:
Universidad Técnica F. Santa Maria Valparaiso, Chile
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1. Introduction. In his well-known book on graphs [1] König proposed the following problem: “When can a given abstract group be represented as the group of the automorphisms of a (finite) graph, and if possible how can the graph be constructed?”

To understand this problem well let us begin with the precise definition of a graph and its group (of automorphisms).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1949

References

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