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A regular endomorphism of a graph and its inverses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Weimin Li
Affiliation:
Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany.
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Abstract

In this paper, we first give a characterization of a regular endomorphism of a graph. Then, we explicitly describe its inverses through idempotents.

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Research Article
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Copyright © University College London 1994

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