Minimum Degree Bound for Simple Planar Graph

Theorem
Let $G$ be a simple connected planar graph. Then:


 * $\map \delta G \le 5$, where $\delta$ is the minimum degree of a graph.

Proof
Proving by contradiction. Consider the counter hypothesis:


 * $G$ is a simple planar graph and $\map \delta G \ge 6$.

Let $m$ and $n$ denote a number of edges and vertices respectively in $G$.

Then, by the Handshake Lemma:


 * $m \ge 3n$

That contradicts the Linear Bound Lemma.