New small trivalent graphs for girths 17,18 and 20

Geoffrey Exoo 1
1Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809

Abstract

Constructions of the smallest known trivalent graph for girths 17, 18, and 20 are given. All three graphs are voltage graphs. Their orders are 2176, 2560, and 5376, respectively, improving the previous values of 2408, 2640, and 6048.