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On the crossing number of K_13

Combinatorics 2013-07-15 v1

Abstract

Since the crossing number of K_{12} is now known to be 150, it is well-known that simple counting arguments and Kleitman's parity theorem for the crossing number of K_{2n+1} combine with a specific drawing of K_{13} to show that the crossing number of K_{13} is one of the numbers in {217,219,221,223,225}. We show that the crossing number is not 217.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3297,
  title  = {On the crossing number of K_13},
  author = {Dan McQuillan and Shengjun Pan and R. Bruce Richter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3297},
  year   = {2013}
}