Add small-n ELG enumeration table to even_level_graph_generators

Records, for 4<=n<=11, triangulation iso classes, how many admit an ELG
source, ELG iso classes, and the automorphism-free flag-rooted count
sum_G 4E/|Aut(G)| * s(G). Computed by experiments/count_elgs.py.

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\subsection*{Enumeration for small $n$}
Even Level Graphs are scarce among triangulations. For each $n$ we
enumerated all iso classes of plane triangulations and tested, for every
choice of source vertex, whether all level subgraphs are bipartite
(equivalently, whether every level cycle is even).
Table~\ref{tab:elg-counts} records, for $4 \leq n \leq 11$: the number of
triangulation iso classes; how many of them admit at least one Even Level
Graph source; the number of Even Level Graph iso classes (pairs $(G, S)$
up to isomorphism, i.e.\ valid sources counted up to $\mathrm{Aut}(G)$);
and the number of \emph{flag-rooted} Even Level Graphs,
\[
\sum_{G} \frac{4E}{|\mathrm{Aut}(G)|}\, s(G),
\qquad E = 3n - 6,
\]
where $s(G)$ is the number of valid sources of $G$. The flag-rooting is the
automorphism-free count: $\mathrm{Aut}(G)$ acts freely on the $4E$ flags of a
$3$-connected triangulation, so every summand is an integer.
The smallest Even Level Graph is the octahedron at $n = 6$: from any vertex
the four neighbours form a $4$-cycle at level $1$ and the antipode sits alone
at level $2$. Below $n = 6$ every triangulation forces an odd level cycle, so
no Even Level Graph exists.
\begin{table}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{ccccc}
$n$ & triangulations & with ELG source & ELG iso classes & flag-rooted ELGs \\\hline
$4$ & $1$ & $0$ & $0$ & $0$ \\
$5$ & $1$ & $0$ & $0$ & $0$ \\
$6$ & $2$ & $1$ & $1$ & $6$ \\
$7$ & $5$ & $2$ & $2$ & $45$ \\
$8$ & $14$ & $5$ & $6$ & $186$ \\
$9$ & $50$ & $13$ & $14$ & $651$ \\
$10$ & $233$ & $37$ & $45$ & $2766$ \\
$11$ & $1249$ & $129$ & $169$ & $14346$ \\
\end{tabular}
\caption{Even Level Graph counts for $4 \leq n \leq 11$. The
\emph{triangulations} column is the number of plane-triangulation iso classes
(OEIS A000109). \emph{ELG iso classes} counts pairs $(G, S)$ up to
isomorphism; \emph{flag-rooted ELGs} is the automorphism-free count
$\sum_G \tfrac{4E}{|\mathrm{Aut}(G)|}\,s(G)$.}
\label{tab:elg-counts}
\end{table}
\begin{definition}[Derived level graph]
\label{def:derived-level-graph}
Let $G$ be an Even Level Graph with level source $S$, and let $E$ and