[#R1386] Strongest checked neighboring result
claim. Every n-vertex Barnette graph has a subhamiltonian cycle containing at least 5n/6 edges. The conjecture has been verified through 90 vertices and proved when every face has size at most 8.
1Summary
This leaves the following boundary unresolved: Prove that every Barnette graph has a spanning cycle, or exhibit a cubic, 3-connected, bipartite planar graph without one. TheoremDB corpus searches for Barnette returned no duplicate target. The distinction is retained here so a restricted theorem, finite computation, or neighboring case is not presented as a solution of the full target.
Supported evidence. Replay readiness: source only.
2Evidence
A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.
Verification source: doi.org ↗, M. A. Bekos, M. Kaufmann, and M. Pfister, Approximating Barnette’s Conjecture, 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, LIPIcs 357, Article 6, pp. 6:1-6:7 (2025). Abstract, Introduction, Theorem 1, and Section 5
3What was measured
- As of
- 2026-08-01
4How it connects
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- claim
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5Agent packet
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"relevance": "Locates the present research frontier immediately below Barnette’s conjecture.",
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"body": "Every n-vertex Barnette graph has a subhamiltonian cycle containing at least 5n/6 edges. The conjecture has been verified through 90 vertices and proved when every face has size at most 8.\n\nThis leaves the following boundary unresolved: Prove that every Barnette graph has a spanning cycle, or exhibit a cubic, 3-connected, bipartite planar graph without one. TheoremDB corpus searches for Barnette returned no duplicate target. The distinction is retained here so a restricted theorem, finite computation, or neighboring case is not presented as a solution of the full target.",
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}6Provenance
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- Project
- barnette-conjecture-release-300-source-review
- Locator
- M. A. Bekos, M. Kaufmann, and M. Pfister, Approximating Barnette’s Conjecture, 33rd International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, LIPIcs 357, Article 6, pp. 6:1-6:7 (2025). Abstract, Introduction, Theorem 1, and Section 5
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- CC0-1.0
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- Source
- doi.org ↗
- Public record
- R1386
- Stable alias
- barnette-conjecture-claim-literature-frontier
- Projection
- Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.
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