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Discrete Mathematics- An Open Introduction - 3rd Edition, 2016a

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4.3. Planar Graphs 265<br />

which will be increasing to a horizontal asymptote of 2n<br />

n−2<br />

. When n 6,<br />

this asymptote is at k 3. <strong>An</strong>y larger value of n will give an even smaller<br />

asymptote. Therefore no regular polyhedra exist with faces larger than<br />

pentagons.8<br />

qed<br />

Exercises<br />

1. Is it possible for a planar graph to have 6 vertices, 10 edges and 5 faces?<br />

Explain.<br />

2. The graph G has 6 vertices with degrees 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5. How many<br />

edges does G have? Could G be planar? If so, how many faces would<br />

it have. If not, explain.<br />

3. Is it possible for a connected graph with 7 vertices and 10 edges to be<br />

drawn so that no edges cross and create 4 faces? Explain.<br />

4. Is it possible for a graph with 10 vertices and edges to be a connected<br />

planar graph? Explain.<br />

5. Is there a connected planar graph with an odd number of faces where<br />

every vertex has degree 6? Prove your answer.<br />

6. I’m thinking of a polyhedron containing 12 faces. Seven are triangles<br />

and four are quadralaterals. The polyhedron has 11 vertices including<br />

those around the mystery face. How many sides does the last face<br />

have?<br />

7. Consider some classic polyhedrons.<br />

(a) <strong>An</strong> octahedron is a regular polyhedron made up of 8 equilateral<br />

triangles (it sort of looks like two pyramids with their bases glued<br />

together). Draw a planar graph representation of an octahedron.<br />

How many vertices, edges and faces does an octahedron (and<br />

your graph) have?<br />

(b) The traditional design of a soccer ball is in fact a (spherical<br />

projection of a) truncated icosahedron. This consists of 12<br />

regular pentagons and 20 regular hexagons. No two pentagons<br />

are adjacent (so the edges of each pentagon are shared only<br />

by hexagons). How many vertices, edges, and faces does a<br />

truncated icosahedron have? Explain how you arrived at your<br />

answers. Bonus: draw the planar graph representation of the<br />

truncated icosahedron.<br />

8Notice that you can tile the plane with hexagons. This is an infinite planar graph; each<br />

vertex has degree 3. These infinitely many hexagons correspond to the limit as f → ∞ to<br />

make k 3.

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