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No finite $5$-regular matchstick graph exists

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arxiv 1401.1793 v1 pith:THQU7BZA submitted 2014-01-08 math.CO

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A graph $G=(V,E)$ is called a unit-distance graph in the plane if there is an injective embedding of $V$ in the plane such that every pair of adjacent vertices are at unit distance apart. If additionally the corresponding edges are non-crossing and all vertices have the same degree $r$ we talk of a regular matchstick graph. Due to Euler's polyhedron formula we have $r\le 5$. The smallest known $4$-regular matchstick graph is the so called Harborth graph consisting of $52$ vertices. In this article we prove that no finite $5$-regular matchstick graph exists.

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