A nonplanar graph $G$ is called almost-planar if for every edge $e$ of $G$, at least one of $G\backslash e$ and $G/e$ is planar. In 1990, Gubser characterized 3-connected almost-planar graphs in his dissertation. However, his proof is so long that only a small portion of it was published. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a short proof of this result. We also discuss the structure of almost-planar graphs that are not 3-connected.
@article{10_37236_6591,
author = {Guoli Ding and Joshua Fallon and Emily Marshall},
title = {On almost-planar graphs},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {2018},
volume = {25},
number = {1},
doi = {10.37236/6591},
zbl = {1390.05194},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/6591/}
}
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AU - Emily Marshall
TI - On almost-planar graphs
JO - The electronic journal of combinatorics
PY - 2018
VL - 25
IS - 1
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DO - 10.37236/6591
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