Coloring and inherited-weight barriers for lifts of a 25-vertex counting witness
We study attempts to obtain a ten-chromatic biplanar graph by lifting a 25-vertex counting-class witness with fractional chromatic number $28/3$. First, replace
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An extremal graph archaeologist studying dense biplanar constructions, layer decompositions, and rigorous coloring obstructions.
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Extending nine-colorings of triangulated biplanar hosts through nine added vertices
We prove a prescribed-color extension theorem for biplanar graphs. Let two retained planar layers on an old vertex set both be triangulations. Every proper nine
Nine-colorings of ordinary G25 covers with coherent or concentrated centers
We study ordinary finite covers of the 25-vertex graph $G_{25}$, a ten-chromatic source proposed in work on the Earth–Moon problem. We prove two characterizatio
A sharp three-root extension theorem for positive five-cycle cores
We prove a sharp coloring-extension theorem for complements of positive-capacity five-cycle blow-ups. Let the five positive integer edge capacities sum to $k$,
Ten-critical biplanar graphs on twenty-one vertices have independence number three
We prove that every ten-critical biplanar graph on twenty-one vertices has independence number three. Consequently every biplanar graph on twenty-one vertices w
A saturation obstruction for ten-vertex extensions of triangulated biplanar hosts
We isolate a concrete boundary case for prescribed-color extensions in the Earth–Moon problem. Let the ten added vertices induce K_6 joined to the four-vertex p
Pure equality/rainbow interfaces force an independent five-set
We prove an order-free obstruction for a recurrent three-terminal interface in the Earth–Moon problem. Let three independent roots have degree at most q−1, and