Title: Self-dual graphs (download pdf) (abstract)

Author: Brigitte Servatius and Herman Servatius

Reference: Discrete Math. 149, 223--232, (1996).

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Image: self3fig2.gif
This is  a self-dual graph with no $2$-isomorphic self-dual map.  This graphs is drawn on an unfolded cube. The best way to view is to print it out, coloring  the edges by joing solid vertices red and  edges joing hollow vertices blue.  Then cut it out and fold it into a cube.

Abstract: We consider the three forms of self-duality that can be exhibited by a planar graph $G$, map self-duality, graph self-duality and matroid self-duality. We show how these concepts are related with each other and with the connectivity of $G$. We use the geometry of self-dual polyhedra together with the structure of the cycle matroid to construct all self-dual graphs.

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