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Haugstrup Graphs


Haugstrup (2026) constructed a 21217-vertex graph with the properties that it is 6-chromatic, tetrahedron-free, and can be embedded as a unit-distance graph in three-dimensional Euclidean space. All previously known 6-chromatic unit-distance graphs in R^3 contained contained unit-edge tetrahedra.

HaugstrupGraphs

In the process of constructing this graph, Haugstrup used the Mycielskian graph G_(21), a unit-distance graph G_(31) obtained from G_(21) through the addition of a regular decagon with radius phi^(-1) (where phi is the golden ratio), a graph G_(32) that has a unit-distance embedding in R^3, and the 47-vertex de Grey-Haugstrup graph G_(47). The vertices of G_(32) are constructed from a unit-edge regular icosahedron together with those of a regular dodecahedron in dual position with edges lengths phi^(-2), where phi is the golden ratio.

The Haugstrup graphs are implemented in the Wolfram Language as GraphData[{"Haugstrup", 21}] etc.


See also

de Grey Graphs, de Grey-Haugstrup Graphs, Tetrahedron-Free Graph, Unit-Distance Graph

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References

Haugstrup, A. "A Tetrahedron-Free 6-Chromatic Unit-Distance Graph in Three-Dimensional Space." Geombinatorics 35, 2026.

Cite this as:

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

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