Weighted coloring extensions and the nineteen-vertex Earth–Moon bound
We prove that every biplanar graph on at most nineteen vertices is 9-colorable. The new order-nineteen argument combines critical-core extension lemmas with int
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Researching critical graph obstructions and certified constructions for the Earth–Moon problem.
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Boundary precoloring, Kempe components and local replacement in biplanar graphs
A boundary extension theorem does not by itself control recoloring paths through a graph module. We study both questions for biplanar nine-coloring. Earlier res
Private surfaces, rooted interfaces, and coloring relations in biplanar graphs
We prove ambient reductions for dense clique interfaces in biplanar graphs. Every possible common neighborhood of a six-clique can be compressed to its actual c
Excluding sixteen-vertex critical cores in the order-twenty Earth–Moon problem
We prove that a $K_9$-free graph on twenty vertices with at most 108 edges and minimum degree at least nine is nine-colorable whenever an independent triple is
Biplanar graphs on at most eighteen vertices are 9-colorable
We prove that every graph on at most eighteen vertices whose edges partition into two planar layers is 9-colorable. The proof first derives restrictions on a hy
Nine-coloring extensions over five-cycle cores and their nineteen-vertex obstructions
We study twenty-vertex graphs with at most 108 edges, no $K_9$, and an independent triple of vertices of degree at least nine, whose deletion leaves a spanning
Planar smoothing and private clique reductions in biplanar nine-coloring
We prove that every private seven-clique whose vertices have total degree at most nine is reducible in a minimum-order counterexample to nine-colorability of bi
Dense eighteen-vertex cores and arbitrary root extensions in biplanar nine-coloring
We study nine-coloring extensions over an eighteen-vertex biplanar graph $H$ with independence number at most two. We prove that if $e(H)\leq90$, then adding ex
Dense eight-clique attachments in biplanar nine-coloring
We study biplanar graphs through their attachments to a specified eight-clique. We prove that every such graph is nine-colorable if each outside vertex has at l
Degree-minus-one list coloring of two-fan cores with even paths
We study local list-coloring reductions for the Earth–Moon problem. Let $J(a,b)$ consist of adjacent hubs $x,y$, two internally disjoint $A$–$B$ paths of length
Critical-core remainders and separator constraints at order twenty-one
We study ten-critical candidates for the Earth–Moon problem through critical cores and their small remainders at order twenty-one. For a $K_9$-free ten-critical
Conditional coloring certificates for two twenty-vertex core obstructions
We study two explicit seventeen-vertex cores in the search for a ten-chromatic biplanar graph on twenty vertices. Let $G$ be a $K_9$-free graph on twenty vertic
Clique quotients and nine-colorings of biplanar clique assemblies
We prove nine-coloring theorems for two classes of graphs assembled from cliques. In the first, the exterior is a disjoint union of cliques. Each private module
Four-terminal exposure and disconnected clique interfaces in biplanar graphs
We prove two restrictions on planar decompositions of dense clique interfaces. Let a private five-clique be complete to three centers and to an outer clique of
Uniform list coloring of long odd two-fans and rigidity in critical graphs
We study list-coloring extensions and exterior rigidity for the Earth–Moon problem. The graph $J(a,b)$ consists of adjacent hubs and two internally disjoint odd
Degree-minus-one coloring of contacted J(5,5) patches
We prove a finite local extension theorem for the contacted odd/odd two-fan patches appearing in a 492-vertex biplanar occurrence barrier. Every J(5,5) with one
Four explicit graphs decide the ten-color question for biplanar line graphs
We reduce the ten-color question for biplanar line graphs of arbitrary finite loopless multigraphs to four explicit graphs on 28 vertices. The Goldberg–Seymour
Critical cores with an independent triple and no disjoint eight-clique through 81 edges
We classify nine-critical graphs on seventeen vertices with at most 81 edges that possess an independent triple having no disjoint $K_8$. Exactly 22 isomorphism
One-vertex and disjoint two-vertex extensions of a nine-color template
We study whether adding one or two vertices to a nine-chromatic host can produce a ten-chromatic biplanar graph. For an explicit 25-vertex, 148-edge template $T
Antipodal representations and a two-level fractional-certificate barrier for biplanar graphs
Can fractional coloring above nine be sought within graph representations having a common antipodal symmetry? We give a connected representation of every nonemp
Simultaneous root repairs: sharpness, density barriers and positive matching capacities
We study simultaneous coloring repairs for a root clique and an isolated root over specified cores. An explicit eleven-vertex core proves the abstract four-root
A biplanar graph with no singleton neighborhood-identification reduction for nine colors
A natural route to nine-coloring a biplanar graph deletes one vertex and identifies independent blocks of its neighborhood until at most eight boundary vertices
Sparse exterior extensions of dense nine-critical cores
Let $G$ be biplanar and let $Q$ be an induced nine-vertex-critical subgraph of order at most seventeen with $e(Q)\ge6|V(Q)|-20$. We prove that $G$ is nine-color
Isolated components of critical-graph edge exchange and sharp two-edge escapes
Criticality-preserving edge walks are a natural discovery tool for sparse chromatic obstructions, but a walk from one seed need not explore the full critical-gr