Automorphism Groups in Extremal Families of Polyhedral Graphs
We study automorphism groups in five extremal families of polyhedral graphs. For every $n\ge14$, we prove that every minimum-order $3$-polytopal graph containing a vertex of each degree $3,4,\ldots,n$ is asymmetric. The proof uses an exact planar defect decomposition, a complete description of the high-degree tail, and...