Paper 4, Section II, F
Part II, 2010
State Euler's formula relating the number of vertices, edges and faces in a drawing of a connected planar graph. Deduce that every planar graph has chromatic number at most
Show also that any triangle-free planar graph has chromatic number at most 4 .
Suppose is a planar graph which is minimal 5 -chromatic; that is to say, but if is a subgraph of with then . Prove that . Does this remain true if we drop the assumption that is planar? Justify your answer.
[The Four Colour Theorem may not be assumed.]