no. 4
The coarseness of a graph
Compositio Mathematica, Tome 19 (1968) no. 4, pp. 290-298 
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Beineke, Lowell W.; Chartrand, Gary. The coarseness of a graph. Compositio Mathematica, Tome 19 (1968) no. 4, pp. 290-298. https://www.numdam.org/item/CM_1968__19_4_290_0/

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