Semi-equivelar toroidal maps and their vertex covers

Abstract

If the face\mbox{-}cycles at all the vertices in a map are of same type then the map is called semi\mbox{-}equivelar. A map is called minimal if the number of vertices is minimal. We know the bounds of number of vertex orbits of semi-equivelar toroidal maps. These bounds are sharp. Datta \cite{BD2020} has proved that every semi-equivelar toroidal map has a vertex-transitive cover. In this article, we prove that if a semi-equivelar map is $k$ orbital then it has a finite index $m$-orbital minimal cover for $m\le k$. We also show the existence and classification of $n$-sheeted covers of semi-equivelar toroidal maps for each $n\in \mathbb{N}$.