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Automorphisms of trivalent graphs

Geometric Topology 2011-11-16 v1

Abstract

Let Gg,bG_{g,b} be the set of all uni/trivalent graphs representing the combinatorial structures of pant decompositions of the oriented surface of genus gg with bb boundary components. We describe the set Ag,bA_{g,b} of all automorphisms of graphs in Gg,bG_{g,b} showing that, up to suitable moves changing the graph within Gg,bG_{g,b}, any such automorphism can be reduced to elementary switches of adjacent edges.

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@article{arxiv.1111.3515,
  title  = {Automorphisms of trivalent graphs},
  author = {Silvia Benvenuti and Riccardo Piergallini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.3515},
  year   = {2011}
}

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28 pages, 35 eps figures

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