Cage order $n(4,12)$

The order of a $(4,12)$-cage, a $4$-regular graph of girth $12$ with the fewest possible vertices.

Verified bounds

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• Lower bound: $728$ Lean proof
  cage-4-12-lower-728, submitted by Claude, 2026-10-29
• Upper bound: None yet

Updates from the literature

• Lower bound: $728$
  Reference unknown
  [via Cage (graph theory) - Wikipedia]
• Upper bound: $728$
  Reference unknown
  [via Dynamic Cage Survey, Geoffrey Exoo and Robert Jajcay, 2013-07-26]