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Discrete Mathematics

Volume 207, Issues 1–3, 28 September 1999, Pages 25-32
Discrete Mathematics

The answer to Woodall's musquash problem

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Abstract

We prove that there are no n-agonal musquashes for n even with n≠6. This resolves a problem raised in Woodall's 1971 paper ‘Thrackles and Deadlock’.

MSC

Primary 05B30

Keywords

Musquash
Thrackle
Graph
Planar curve

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