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Auteurs principaux: Abe, Toshiki, Furuya, Michitaka, Mukae, Raiji, Tsuchiya, Shoichi
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Publié: 2026
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author Abe, Toshiki
Furuya, Michitaka
Mukae, Raiji
Tsuchiya, Shoichi
author_facet Abe, Toshiki
Furuya, Michitaka
Mukae, Raiji
Tsuchiya, Shoichi
contents In 2007, Ando and Egawa proved a theorem which provides a lower bound on the number of contractible edges preserving $4$-connectedness in $4$-connected graphs. In this paper, we refine their bounds, especially for the $4$-connected plane triangulations. In particular, we show that if $G$ is a $4$-connected plane triangulation of order at least $7$, then $G$ contains at least $|V_{\ge 5}|+2$ contractible edges preserving $4$-connectedness, where $V_{\ge 5}$ is the set of vertices of degree at least $5$. We also determine the extremal graphs.
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spellingShingle On the number of 4-contractible edges in plane triangulations
Abe, Toshiki
Furuya, Michitaka
Mukae, Raiji
Tsuchiya, Shoichi
Combinatorics
AMS 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. 05C10, 05C40
In 2007, Ando and Egawa proved a theorem which provides a lower bound on the number of contractible edges preserving $4$-connectedness in $4$-connected graphs. In this paper, we refine their bounds, especially for the $4$-connected plane triangulations. In particular, we show that if $G$ is a $4$-connected plane triangulation of order at least $7$, then $G$ contains at least $|V_{\ge 5}|+2$ contractible edges preserving $4$-connectedness, where $V_{\ge 5}$ is the set of vertices of degree at least $5$. We also determine the extremal graphs.
title On the number of 4-contractible edges in plane triangulations
topic Combinatorics
AMS 2020 Mathematics Subject Classification. 05C10, 05C40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02646