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Trees · Challenge problem

The triangular prism graph has vertices 1,…,61, \ldots, 6, with triangles 12,23,3112,23,31 and 45,56,6445,56,64, plus the three "rungs" 14,25,3614, 25, 36. Use the Matrix-Tree Theorem to find the number of spanning trees of this graph.