\relax \@writefile{toc}{\contentsline {section}{\tocsection {}{1}{The minimal counterexample}}{1}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{lem:triangulate}{{1.1}{1}} \newlabel{def:minimal}{{1.2}{1}} \newlabel{lem:mindeg}{{1.4}{1}} \@writefile{toc}{\contentsline {section}{\tocsection {}{2}{The reduced dual}}{2}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{def:reduced-dual}{{2.1}{2}} \newlabel{def:edge-names}{{2.3}{2}} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {1}{\ignorespaces The four steps of Definition\nonbreakingspace 2.1\hbox {}, illustrated on $G' = $ the dodecahedron (dual of the icosahedron) with $F_v$ the inner pentagon and $i = 0$. Top left: delete the five boundary vertices of $F_v$, leaving five degree-$2$ vertices on a new face $F$. Top right: order them clockwise as $A_0,\dots ,A_4$. Bottom left: add $v_n$ joined to $A_0, A_1, A_2$. Bottom right: add the chord $A_3 A_4$, giving the cubic plane graph $\setbox \z@ \hbox {\mathsurround \z@ $\textstyle G$}\mathaccent "0362{G}'_{v,0}$.}}{3}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{fig:reduced-dual-steps}{{1}{3}} \newlabel{lem:pentagonal-externals}{{2.4}{3}} \newlabel{lem:chord-apex}{{2.6}{4}} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {2}{\ignorespaces The proof of Lemma\nonbreakingspace 2.6\hbox {}, illustrated for $i = 0$ on $G' = $ the dodecahedron. Top: under the assumption $W \neq Y$, propriety at $v_n$ forces $W \in \{X, Z\}$. Bottom: in either case the lift to $G'$ has externals satisfying the hypothesis of Lemma\nonbreakingspace 2.4\hbox {}, which colours $\partial F_v$ to extend $\psi $ to a proper $3$-edge-colouring of $G'$.}}{5}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{fig:chord-apex-proof}{{2}{5}} \newlabel{lem:kempe-spike}{{2.7}{6}} \@writefile{toc}{\contentsline {section}{\tocsection {}{3}{An iterated reduction}}{7}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{alg:iterated-reduction}{{3.1}{7}} \newlabel{rem:alg-invariants}{{3.2}{7}} \newlabel{rem:alg-chord-apex}{{3.3}{7}} \@writefile{lof}{\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {3}{\ignorespaces Algorithm\nonbreakingspace 3.1\hbox {} on $G'=\mathrm {dual}(G)$, where $G$ is the first min-degree-$5$ plantri triangulation on $14$ vertices and $\varphi _1$ is a specific proper $3$-edge-colouring of $H_1$ that satisfies both the chord-apex condition (Lemma\nonbreakingspace 2.6\hbox {}) and the Kempe-cycle condition (Lemma\nonbreakingspace 2.7\hbox {}), found by \texttt {experiments/search\_kempe\_property.py}. \emph {Left:} $G'$ ($24$ vertices, $36$ edges) with the chosen pentagonal face shaded. \emph {Centre:} $H_1$ ($20$ vertices, $30$ edges) after step\nonbreakingspace (1) with $i_1 = 1$, $3$-edge-coloured by $\varphi _1$; the four edges around $v_n^{(1)}$ in $E$ are drawn thicker, and the spike and merged edges share the colour green. \emph {Right:} $H_2$ ($16$ vertices, $24$ edges) after step\nonbreakingspace (3) with $i_t = 3$; eight edges are protected, and the algorithm terminates one step later (no remaining safe pentagonal face in $H_2$). The generating script is \texttt {experiments/draw\_iterated\_reduction\_n14.py}; layouts are Tutte barycentric embeddings with the outer face picked to keep $v_n^{(1)}, v_n^{(2)}$ in the interior.}}{8}{}\protected@file@percent } \newlabel{fig:iterated-reduction-trace}{{3}{8}} \newlabel{lem:exactly-one-match}{{3.4}{8}} \newlabel{tocindent-1}{0pt} \newlabel{tocindent0}{0pt} \newlabel{tocindent1}{17.77782pt} \newlabel{tocindent2}{0pt} \newlabel{tocindent3}{0pt} \newlabel{lem:all-distinct-exists}{{3.5}{9}} \newlabel{conj:face-monochromatic-pair-on-merged-kempe-cycle}{{3.6}{9}} \gdef \@abspage@last{9}