If true, the following conjecture of Thomassen [Th81] is a planarity criterion for a special class of graphs that involves only K 5. Recall that a planar graph on n vertices contains at most 3n-6 ...
A theorem for coloring a large class of “perfect” mathematical networks could ease the way for a long-sought general coloring proof. Four years ago, the mathematician Maria Chudnovsky faced an all-too ...