Errera graph

Errera graph
The Errera graph
Named afterAlfred Errera
Vertices17
Edges45
Radius3
Diameter4
Girth3
Automorphisms20 (D10)
Chromatic number4
Chromatic index6
PropertiesPlanar
Hamiltonian
Table of graphs and parameters

In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Errera graph is a graph with 17 vertices and 45 edges. Alfred Errera published it in 1921 as a counterexample to Kempe's erroneous proof of the four color theorem; it was named after Errera by Hutchinson & Wagon (1998).