DocumentCode
1381531
Title
The misapplication of graph theory to electric networks
Author
Kron, Gabriel
Author_Institution
General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Volume
81
Issue
4
fYear
1962
Firstpage
257
Lastpage
267
Abstract
Graph theory offers a false and misleading model for an electric network, a tearable orthogonal structure possessing branches only, and no nodes or planes. The unnecessary introduction of nodes and an avalanche of meaningless matrices is a smoke screen to hide the use of tensors, whose appearance is imperative and inescapable. During their analysis, graph theorists must always necessarily return by some legerdemain to the correct tensorial branch theory, which however is camouflaged with a misfit graph terminology.
Keywords
Current; Electricity; Graph theory; Materials; Tensile stress; Topology; Transmission line matrix methods;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part I: Communication and Electronics, Transactions of the
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0097-2452
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCE.1962.6373133
Filename
6373133
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