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OURNAL OF
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(ed. June 2005), DS #5.
Venn Diagram Survey
Minimum Vertex Symmetric 7-Venn Diagrams
[
polar
|
non-polar
]
Polar Symmetric
Shown below is a minimum vertex polar symmetric Venn diagram for
n
= 7; it was discovered by Stirling Chow and Frank Ruskey [
CR98
]. The first diagram has a single curve highlighted.
The same diagram, with all curves colored:
Non-polar Symmetric
This diagram is a minimum vertex
non
-polar symmetric diagram for
n
=7. With a single curve coloured:
All curves colored:
T
HE
E
LECTRONIC
J
OURNAL OF
C
OMBINATORICS
(ed. June 2005), DS #5.