Constructing certain families of 3‐polytopal graphs

DOI10.1002/JGT.22882zbMATH Open1522.05471arXiv2105.00022OpenAlexW4293761302MaRDI QIDQ6046684FDOQ6046684

Authors: Riccardo W. Maffucci 

Publication date: 6 October 2023

Published in: Journal of Graph Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $ngeq3$ and $r_n$ be a $3$-polytopal graph such that for every $3leqileqn$, $r_n$ has at least one vertex of degree $i$. We find the minimal vertex count for $r_n$. We then describe an algorithm to construct the graphs $r_n$. A dual statement may be formulated for faces of $3$-polytopes. The ideas behind the algorithm generalise readily to solve related problems. Moreover, given a $3$-polytope $t_l$ comprising a vertex of degree $i$ for all $3leqileql$, $l$ fixed, we define an algorithm to output for $n>l$ a $3$-polytope $t_n$ comprising a vertex of degree $i$, for all $3leqileqn$, and such that the initial $t_l$ is a subgraph of $t_n$. The vertex count of $t_n$ is asymptotically optimal, in the sense that it matches the aforementioned minimal vertex count up to order of magnitude, as $n$ gets large. In fact, we only lose a small quantity on the coefficient of the second highest term, and this quantity may be taken as small as we please, with the tradeoff of first constructing an accordingly large auxiliary graph.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.00022

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zbMATH Keywords

algorithmpolyhedrondegree sequenceplanar graph3-polytopevalency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graph algorithms (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C85) Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Combinatorial properties of polytopes and polyhedra (number of faces, shortest paths, etc.) (52B05) Three-dimensional polytopes (52B10) Vertex degrees (05C07) Structural characterization of families of graphs (05C75)

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