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Planar graphs, regular polyhedra,
and graph colorings
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Math 184A
Fall 2014
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Nonplanar embedding
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Planar embedding
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How about K5 ?
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Example
face 3
face 1
face 4 (infinite face)
face 2
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V=4
E=6
F=4
V E+F = 46+4 = 2
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V = 10
E = 15
F=7
V E + F = 10 15 + 7 = 2
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Spanning tree
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VE+F = 46+4 = 2
45+3 = 2
44+2 = 2
43+1 = 2
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Graph on a sphere
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2
4
E = 8,
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F = 5,
V E+F =58+5=2
Ch. 12: Planar Graphs
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Face degrees
A7
C2
A1
B1
B2 C1
A2 B5 B6
B4
B3
A3
C5
A4
A6
C3
C
C4
A5
Face degrees
Trace around a face, counting each encounter with an edge.
Face A, has edge encounters A1 through A7, giving deg A = 7.
Face B has edge encounters B1 through B6, including two
encounters with one edge (B5 and B6). So deg B = 6.
deg C = 5.
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Face degrees
A7
C2
A1
B1
B2 C1
A2 B5 B6
B4
B3
A3
C5
A4
A6
C3
C
C4
A5
Total degrees
The sum of the face degrees is 2E, since each edge is
encountered twice:
S = deg A + deg B + deg C = 7 + 6 + 5 = 18
2E = 2(9) = 18
The sum of the vertex degrees is 2E for all graphs.
Going clockwise from the upper left corner, we have
3 + 3 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 1 = 18.
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Face degrees
Empty graph
Face degree 0
Face degree 2
Multigraph
Face degree 2
Face degree 1
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Inequalities between V, E, F
Theorem
In a connected graph drawn in the plane without crossing edges:
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V E+F =2
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Inequalities between V, E, F
(a) 3F 6 2E
(b) E 6 3V 6
(c) F 6 2V 4
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(b) E 6 2V 4
(c) F 6 V 2
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K5
K5 is not planar
V=5
E=
5
2
= 10
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V
A
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1
4
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Theorem
A connected, simple, planar graph has a vertex with degree at most 5.
Proof:
The sum of vertex degrees in any graph equals 2E.
Assume by way of contradiction that all vertices have degree > 6.
Then the sum of vertex degrees is > 6V.
So 2E > 6V, so E > 3V.
This contradicts E 6 3V 6, so some vertex has degree 6 5.
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Dual graph
(a) Graph G
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Dual graph
G H
V 8 6
E 12 12
F 6 8
(a) Graph G
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Tetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
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E=
2
2
r
2
`
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2
2
2
r + ` 1
,V=
2E
r ,
F=
2E
` :
2
2
3
2
4
2
=
= 12
1/6
1
V = 2(12)/3 = 8
F = 2(12)/4 = 6
What shape is it?
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First method
We have r > 3.
Since some vertex has degree 6 5, all do, so r is 3, 4, or 5.
Vertices and faces are swapped in the dual graph, so ` is 3, 4, or 5.
2
3
2
4
2
4
2
`
1=
1 = 0, which is
2
`
31 .
Similarly, if ` = 3 then r 6 5.
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2
,
2
2
+
1
r
`
V=
2E
r ,
F=
2E
` :
(V, E, F)
`=3
`=4
`=5
r=3
(4, 6, 4)
(8, 12, 6)
(20, 30, 12)
(6, 12, 8)
Division by 0 (10, 20, 8)
r=4
(12, 30, 20) (8, 20, 10) (4, 10, 4)
r=5
If V, E, F are not all positive integers, it cant work (shown in pink).
We found five possible values of (V, E, F) with graph theory.
Use geometry to actually find the shapes (if they exist).
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Shape
r = vertex degree
` = face degree
V = # vertices
E = # edges
F = # faces
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Tetrahedron
Cube
Octahedron
Dodecahedron*
Icosahedron
3
3
4
6
4
3
4
8
12
6
4
3
6
12
8
3
5
20
30
12
5
3
12
30
20
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodecahedron.svg
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Graph Colorings
C = {a, b}
C = {1, 2}
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Coloring maps
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_with_state_names_2.svg
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b
a
b
b
c
Coloring faces of G
Coloring vertices of H
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