"""9-vertex L_k where the unique depth-1 face has NO balanced surface switch. Outer cycle: 0..8. Triangulated with chords 0-2, 0-3, 3-5, 3-6, 0-6, 6-8. Central triangle F = (0,3,6) has depth 1; its three neighbours (0,2,3), (3,5,6), (6,8,0) are all depth 0 but each has only ONE outer-cycle edge (not two), so none is an "ear" of F. For d = 1, balancedness requires F' to be an ear of uv (both non-uv edges on the outer cycle). No neighbour of F qualifies. """ import os import math import networkx as nx import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Polygon OUT_DIR = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), os.pardir) n = 9 POS = {i: (math.cos(math.radians(90 - i * 360 / n)), math.sin(math.radians(90 - i * 360 / n))) for i in range(n)} OUTER_EDGES = [(i, (i + 1) % n) for i in range(n)] CHORDS = [(0, 2), (0, 3), (3, 5), (3, 6), (0, 6), (6, 8)] FACES = [ (0, 1, 2), # ear (0, 2, 3), # 1 outer edge, depth 0 (3, 4, 5), # ear (3, 5, 6), # 1 outer edge, depth 0 (6, 7, 8), # ear (6, 8, 0), # 1 outer edge, depth 0 (0, 3, 6), # central, depth 1 -- the troublemaker ] def face_edges(f): return {frozenset((f[0], f[1])), frozenset((f[1], f[2])), frozenset((f[0], f[2]))} outer_set = {frozenset(e) for e in OUTER_EDGES} D = nx.Graph() D.add_nodes_from(range(len(FACES))) for i, fi in enumerate(FACES): for j, fj in enumerate(FACES): if i < j and face_edges(fi) & face_edges(fj): D.add_edge(i, j) B = [i for i, f in enumerate(FACES) if len(face_edges(f) & outer_set) >= 1] depth = {i: min(nx.shortest_path_length(D, i, b) for b in B) for i in range(len(FACES))} palette = {0: '#86efac', 1: '#fde68a', 2: '#fca5a5'} edge_pal = {0: '#16a34a', 1: '#d97706', 2: '#dc2626'} fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(7, 7)) for i, f in enumerate(FACES): d = depth[i] poly = Polygon([POS[v] for v in f], closed=True, facecolor=palette[d], edgecolor=edge_pal[d], linewidth=1.6, alpha=0.7, zorder=0) ax.add_patch(poly) cx = sum(POS[v][0] for v in f) / 3 cy = sum(POS[v][1] for v in f) / 3 ax.text(cx, cy, rf'$\mathrm{{depth}}={d}$', ha='center', va='center', fontsize=10, color=edge_pal[d], fontweight='bold') # Mark the three "bad" chord edges (would-be-switched edges of F that # fail balancedness because the chord side has no outer-cycle edge to # pair with). F_edges = [(0, 3), (3, 6), (0, 6)] for (a, b) in OUTER_EDGES + CHORDS: color = '#333'; lw = 1.2 if (a, b) in F_edges or (b, a) in F_edges: color = '#dc2626'; lw = 3.0 ax.plot([POS[a][0], POS[b][0]], [POS[a][1], POS[b][1]], color=color, linewidth=lw, zorder=1) for i, (x, y) in POS.items(): ax.scatter([x], [y], s=300, c='#1f2937', edgecolors='black', linewidths=1.0, zorder=2) ax.text(x, y, str(i), ha='center', va='center', fontsize=10, color='white', fontweight='bold', zorder=3) ax.set_aspect('equal'); ax.axis('off') ax.set_xlim(-1.3, 1.3); ax.set_ylim(-1.3, 1.3) ax.set_title('Depth-1 face with no balanced surface switch', fontsize=12) fig.tight_layout() out = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'fig_no_balanced_switch.png') fig.savefig(out, dpi=180, bbox_inches='tight') plt.close(fig) print(f'wrote {out}') for i, f in enumerate(FACES): print(f' {f} -> depth {depth[i]}')