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Referring to a past question of mine that can be found here:

How to demonstrate that there would exist a vertex with degree less than $ 5$?

This is the work that I have come up with following the guidance kindly provided by other members.

Working:

$$\text{Assume that every vertex of the graph have a degree of at least six.}\\ \text{ Using} ∑_{v∈V}deg(v)=2e \text{ for all graphs,}\\ \text{Since } deg(v)≥6 \text{ for all } v∈V \text{ according to the assumption, we have }\\ 2e=∑_{v∈V}deg(v)≥6n \\ \text{would imply } e \geq 3n \\ \text{ yet, according to Euler's theorem } e \leq 3n -6 \\ \text{therefore implying that there is a contradiction.}\\ \text{Now, it can be concluded that the initial assumption cannot be true, and S has at least one vertex with a degree at most five}$$

I was wondering if anyone would be wiling to check my work and provide any correction/advice on how to improve it?

My main issue is that I do not know if this working would be detailed enough.

I do not know if this is allowed on the site.

If not, just let me know and I will delete the question.

Thank you.

RobPratt
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This looks good, but you should clarify at the very end that the contradiction implies that the assumption is false (as you say), thus there is at at least one vertex with degree $\leq 5$. Also be careful, this result is for having some vertex having degree $\leq 5$, not $<5$.

Noah Solomon
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