Planar-Toroidal Decomposition of $K_{12}$
In 1978, Anderson and White asked whether there is a decomposition of $K_{12}$ into two graphs, one planar and one toroidal. Using theoretical arguments and a computer search of all maximal planar graphs of order 12, we show that no such decomposition exists. We further show that if $G$ is planar of order 12 and $H\subseteq\overline{G}$ is toroidal, then $H$ has at least two fewer edges than $\overline{G}$. A computer search found all 123 unique pairs $\left(G,H\right)$ that make this an equality. 9 pages
Authors
- R. E. Campbell
- Allan Bickle
Publication Details
- Journal
- Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
- Published
- 2026-01-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.16100
- Primary Topic
- graph theory and CDMA systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00