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{\bf Josef Leydold and Peter F.\ Stadler}
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{\bf Minimal Cycle Bases of Outerplanar Graphs}
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2-connected outerplanar graphs have a unique
minimal cycle basis with length
$2\vert E\vert-\vert V\vert$.
They are the only Hamiltonian graphs with
a cycle basis of this length.


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