Page 13 of Tropical Algebraic Geometry by Itenberg, Mikhalkin, and Shustin mentions 1-valent vertices, but I haven't been able to find a source that actually defines this term or managed to guess the definition myself. Either a definition or reference would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
What are valent vertices?
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0I feel like I should have figured out to manipulate 'valent' to 'valency' but I guess it's clear I'm no English major. This makes me kind of regret dodging intro chemistry all this time. :) – 2010-10-22