Allan Bickle ; Russell Campbell - Planar-Toroidal Decomposition of $K_{12}$

dmtcs:16100 - Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science, January 15, 2026, vol. 28:2 - https://doi.org/10.46298/dmtcs.16100
Planar-Toroidal Decomposition of $K_{12}$Article

Authors: Allan Bickle ; Russell Campbell

    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


    Volume: vol. 28:2
    Section: Graph Theory
    Published on: January 15, 2026
    Accepted on: December 28, 2025
    Submitted on: July 24, 2025
    Keywords: Combinatorics, 05C10