| Abstract: | By Steinitz' Theorem all triangulations of a sphere are generated from one triangulation with four vertices by certain sequences of operations called vertex splittings. A theorem of Barnette asserts that all triangulations of the projective plane can be generated from two irreducible triangulations. In the present work we obtain an analogous result for the torus: we show that all triangulations of the torus are generated by 21 irreducible triangulations (they are found explicitly) by applying the same vertex splitting operations. Two tables, one figure.Translated from Ukrainskií Geometricheskií Sbornik, No. 30, 1987, pp. 52–62. |
