Planar graph or not (Kuratowski's Theorem)

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So the question is whether the graph given is planar or not. After some trial and error I think it is NOT planar, so I want to prove it using Kuratowski's Theorem but I couldn't break it down to $K_5$ or $K_3,3$. Would appreciate any help on this!



Also in general, is there any strategy that we can use when trying to apply Kuratowski's Theorem? Or any thing that can help to determine whether we should aim for $K_5$ or $K_3,3$? Or is it just purely trial and error? I got so frustrated when I could not figure it out.










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  • What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
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    There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
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Graph planar or not



So the question is whether the graph given is planar or not. After some trial and error I think it is NOT planar, so I want to prove it using Kuratowski's Theorem but I couldn't break it down to $K_5$ or $K_3,3$. Would appreciate any help on this!



Also in general, is there any strategy that we can use when trying to apply Kuratowski's Theorem? Or any thing that can help to determine whether we should aim for $K_5$ or $K_3,3$? Or is it just purely trial and error? I got so frustrated when I could not figure it out.










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  • What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago






  • 3




    There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago












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1
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up vote
1
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Graph planar or not



So the question is whether the graph given is planar or not. After some trial and error I think it is NOT planar, so I want to prove it using Kuratowski's Theorem but I couldn't break it down to $K_5$ or $K_3,3$. Would appreciate any help on this!



Also in general, is there any strategy that we can use when trying to apply Kuratowski's Theorem? Or any thing that can help to determine whether we should aim for $K_5$ or $K_3,3$? Or is it just purely trial and error? I got so frustrated when I could not figure it out.










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Graph planar or not



So the question is whether the graph given is planar or not. After some trial and error I think it is NOT planar, so I want to prove it using Kuratowski's Theorem but I couldn't break it down to $K_5$ or $K_3,3$. Would appreciate any help on this!



Also in general, is there any strategy that we can use when trying to apply Kuratowski's Theorem? Or any thing that can help to determine whether we should aim for $K_5$ or $K_3,3$? Or is it just purely trial and error? I got so frustrated when I could not figure it out.







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  • What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago






  • 3




    There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago
















  • What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago






  • 3




    There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
    – Henno Brandsma
    3 hours ago















What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
– Henno Brandsma
3 hours ago




What version of Kuratowski do you use: the one with minors? or subgraphs by subdivisions?
– Henno Brandsma
3 hours ago




3




3




There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
– Henno Brandsma
3 hours ago




There aren't too many points of degree 4, so I'd say go for $K_3,3$,
– Henno Brandsma
3 hours ago










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Remove the edge $BD$ and suppress vertices $B,D$. The original graph thus contains a subdivision of this resulting graph, which is isomorphic to $K_3,3$, so the original graph is not planar.






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Remove the edge $BD$ and suppress vertices $B,D$. The original graph thus contains a subdivision of this resulting graph, which is isomorphic to $K_3,3$, so the original graph is not planar.






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Remove the edge $BD$ and suppress vertices $B,D$. The original graph thus contains a subdivision of this resulting graph, which is isomorphic to $K_3,3$, so the original graph is not planar.






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  • Thanks for your answer!
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Remove the edge $BD$ and suppress vertices $B,D$. The original graph thus contains a subdivision of this resulting graph, which is isomorphic to $K_3,3$, so the original graph is not planar.






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Remove the edge $BD$ and suppress vertices $B,D$. The original graph thus contains a subdivision of this resulting graph, which is isomorphic to $K_3,3$, so the original graph is not planar.







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