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Given set $\mathcal T_n=\{0,1,3,4\dots,2^n-1\}$ (note there is no $2$) what is the minimum number of vertices $m$ needed in a planar graph such that at every $i\in\mathcal T_n$ there is a graph $G\in\mathcal G_{m}$ (set of all planar graphs on $m$ vertices) with Spanning tree count exactly $i$? Is there $m=O(poly(n))$?

Essentially I am asking whether for every $i$ in $\mathcal T_n$ we can construct a graph with spanning tree count exactly $i$ and the number of vertices is just $O(poly(n))$?

If $m=2^{O(n)}$ then regular $i$-agon suffices for $i=m$.

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  • $\begingroup$ It's easy to reduce this to the case of $i$ prime, but I'm not sure how to solve that $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 10 at 4:31
  • $\begingroup$ Cf. MO question 93656 where it was conjectured (empirically) that graphs of $o(\log(n))$ vertices exist that have $n$ spanning trees. (Planarity not mentioned though. $\endgroup$ Commented Jul 10 at 17:59

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