The planar 4-connected conjecture for Speyer's third invariant

Let GG be a planar 44-connected graph, meaning that no set of at most three vertices disconnects it. Let N3(G)\mathsf{N}_3(G) denote the third coefficient invariant associated with Speyer's polynomial.

Planar 4-connectivity conjecture. Then

N3(G)=0.\mathsf{N}_3(G)=0.

The conjecture is supported by the paper's dataset of planar 3-connected graphs and would extend the observed planar identity for N2\mathsf{N}_2 to the next invariant in the 4-connected case.

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Primary source

Erik Panzer, “Graph theoretic properties of Speyer's matroid polynomial g_M(t)”, arXiv:2506.18788 (2025).

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