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Haugland Graphs


HauglandGraphs

The Haugland graphs are the three unit-distance graphs G_1, G_2, and G_3 used by Haugland (2026) in the construction of a Moser spindle-free graph with chromatic number 5. They are called Haugland graphs in this work.

graphvertex countedge countrole
G_17403985initial graph
G_210666264intermediate graph
G_3213112530final 5-chromatic graph

The vertices of G_1 are exact partial sums along 231 polygonal paths whose steps are selected from 84 directed unit vectors obtained from a 21-vertex unit-distance graph with sevenfold rotational symmetry. Exact rotations and translations of two copies of G_1 produce G_2. An exact rotation and translation of a second copy of G_2, together with the original, produces G_3.

The three graphs will be implemented in a future version of the Wolfram Language as GraphData["HauglandGraph740"], GraphData["HauglandGraph1066"], and GraphData["HauglandGraph2131"], respectively.

All three graphs are unit-distance graphs realized in the Euclidean plane, but are nonplanar graphs. The final graph G_3 has chromatic number 5 and contains no Moser spindle (Haugland 2026). It is the smallest known unit-distance graph with chromatic number 5 subject to the latter restriction, while the smallest known without that restriction remains the 509-vertex Parts graph.


See also

de Grey Graphs, Hadwiger-Nelson Problem, Heule Graphs, Mixon Graphs, Moser Spindle, Parts Graphs, Unit-Distance Graph

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References

Haugland, J. K. "A Moser-Spindle-Free 5-Chromatic Unit Distance Graph on 2131 Vertices in the Plane." 5 Aug 2026. https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.04542.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Haugland Graphs." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/HauglandGraphs.html

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