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Moore Four-Color Graph


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The Moore four-color graph is a 341-vertex planar graph due to E. F. Moore that is somewhat resistant to four-coloring by hand (Wagon 1999). It has 1017 edges and chromatic number 4.

The Moore four-color graph should not be confused with a Moore graph in the sense of a regular graph that is a cage graph.

The Moore four-color partial graph is a 341-vertex spanning subgraph of the Moore four-color graph obtained by deleting 31 edges. It is also planar and has chromatic number 4, but is easier to draw while still providing a useful test case for graph four-coloring.

The Moore four-color graph and Moore four-color partial graph will be implemented in a future version of the Wolfram Language as GraphData["MooreFourColorGraph"] and GraphData["MooreFourColorPartialGraph"], respectively.


See also

Four-Color Theorem, Graph Coloring, Moore Graph, Planar Graph, Vertex Coloring

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References

Wagon, S. "Coloring Planar Maps and Graphs." Ch. 24 in Mathematica in Action, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, pp. 507-537, 1999.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Moore Four-Color Graph." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/MooreFour-ColorGraph.html

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