Simple and Direct Proof of MacLane's Planarity Criterion
Abstract
We give a simple proof of MacLane's algebraic planarity criterion for graphs. This proof does not use any other known planarity criteria. Keywords: graph, planarity, cycle space, a simple basis of a graph.
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