Analysis of Venn diagrams using cycles in graphs (Q1590670)

This paper completes the construction of all spherical Venn diagrams on 5 curves started by the authors in previous papers; see \textit{K. B. Chilakamarri, P. Hamburger} and \textit{R. E. Pippert} [Geom. Dedicata 62, No. 1, 73-91 (1996; Zbl 0863.05030)] and \textit{P. Hamburger} and \textit{R. E. Pippert} [Geom. Dedicata 68, No. 3, 245-262 (1997; Zbl 0899.05015)]. By a careful case analysis and reduction techniques using the structure of the dual of the underlying graph of the Venn diagram, which is a maximal bipartite graph, it is shown that there are 20 nonisomorphic simple spherical Venn diagrams on 5 curves, 11 of which are convex. These convex spherical diagrams yield 17 nonisomorphic convex Venn diagrams in the plane, of which exactly 7 can be drawn with congruent ellipses.