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For homeomorphic graphs one can disregard vertices of degree 2
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    (forget the vertex was ever there, but keep the edges). If you do
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    that here, you get a graph with 4 vertices only: a,b,g,h. So this
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    cannot be homeomorphic to K(3,3).
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We clearly see that it cannot be homeomorphic to K(3,3) as we need atleast 3 edges from each verted connecting to the other set  
 
We clearly see that it cannot be homeomorphic to K(3,3) as we need atleast 3 edges from each verted connecting to the other set  
 
of vertices.
 
of vertices.

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We clearly see that it cannot be homeomorphic to K(3,3) as we need atleast 3 edges from each verted connecting to the other set of vertices.

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