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Definition: Two graphs are homeomorphic if they can be made isomorphic by inserting new vertices of degree 2 into edges.
Note: This corresponds to the topological notion since adding or removing degree 2 vertices doesn't change the graph's topology.
This is similar to, but not the same as, homomorphic.
Author: PEB
Eric Weisstein's MathWorld entries for homomorphism and homeomorphism.
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Entry modified 17 December 2004.
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Paul E. Black, "homeomorphic", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY)
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