Degree-diameter problem $N(18,10)$
The largest possible number of vertices in a graph of maximum degree $18$ and diameter at most $10$.
Lower bound:
$90017766839$
(90,017,766,839)
Upper bound:
Unknown
Verified bounds
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Updates from the literature
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2010-09
Lower bound: $16659077632$
(16,659,077,632)
Loz, E., & Pineda-Villavicencio, G. (2010). New benchmarks for large-scale networks with given maximum degree and diameter. The Computer Journal, 53(7), 1092-1105.
[via The Degree Diameter Problem for General Graphs - Combinatorics Wiki] -
2026-10-30
Lower bound: $90017766839$
(90,017,766,839)
Rajiv, R. (2026). New lower bounds for the degree-diameter problem from Cayley graphs of metacyclic groups, slack filling and chart lifts. Zenodo.