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Keywords: Polyhedral maps, equivelar maps, regular maps, orientable and non-orientable surfaces, triangulation of surfaces. AMS Subject Classification: 52B05, 52B70, 57M10, 57M15

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In this article we construct {p, q}-equivelar maps for the pairs (p, q) satisfying the equation p + q = 10 on all non-orientable surfaces, wherever such maps exist. We further believe that the method can be generalized to construct {p, q}-equivelar maps for arbitrary p, q ≥ 3.

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Singh, H., Nilakantan, N., & Madahar, K. (2026). Equivelar Maps on Non-Orientable Surfaces. International Journal Of Mathematics And Computer Research, 14(09), 6853-6860. https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmcr/v14i9.08