In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Szekeres snark is a snark with 50 vertices and 75 edges.[1] It was the fifth known snark, discovered by George Szekeres in 1973.[2]
As a snark, the Szekeres graph is a connected, bridgeless cubic graph with chromatic index equal to 4. The Szekeres snark is non-planar and non-hamiltonian but is hypohamiltonian.[3] It has book thickness 3 and queue number 2.[4]
Another well known snark on 50 vertices is the Watkins snark discovered by John J. Watkins in 1989.[5]
Gallery
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The chromatic number of the Szekeres snark is 3.
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The chromatic index of the Szekeres snark is 4.
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Alternative drawing of the Szekeres snark.
References
Weisstein, Eric W. "Szekeres Snark". MathWorld.
Szekeres, G. (1973). "Polyhedral decompositions of cubic graphs". Bull. Austral. Math. Soc. 8 (3): 367–387. doi:10.1017/S0004972700042660.
Weisstein, Eric W. "Hypohamiltonian Graph". MathWorld.
Wolz, Jessica; Engineering Linear Layouts with SAT. Master Thesis, University of Tübingen, 2018
Watkins, J. J. "Snarks." Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 576, 606-622, 1989.
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