Large Regular Planar Graphs

With Small Diameter

A n-regular graph is a graph in which every vertex has degree n . The diameter of a graph is the length of the longest distance in the graph. What is the largest number of vertices a planar n-regular graph with diameter d can have? Here are the best known bounds for small n and d . Click on the links for pictures.

Largest planar n-regular graph with diameter d

n \ d 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 none none none none none
2 3 5 7 9 11 13
3 4 6 12 18, 30 28, 62 36, 122
4 none 9 16, 33 27, 96 44, 291 81, 867
5 none none 16, 52 28, 248 62, 984 124, 3928


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