Question about the graphical sequences A sequence $( d_1, d_2,...,d_p)$ is said to be graphic if and only if it is the degree sequence of some simple graph with p vertices. Show that the sequences $(7,5,5,5,3,2,1)$ and $(6,6,5,4,2,2,1)$ are not graphic. So for the first one 7 can't work because there are only 6 other vertices to connect to.  But what if you have one degree of multiplicity 2?  Then 7 works and I don't think this is what the question is looking for as an answer anyways.  Using graph theory in Discrete Math, how would you solve this?
I think you're arguement for the first one holds. Usually in these kinds of problems graphs don't have two edges connecting the same vertices.

For the second, two $6$s means that every vertex must has at least two neighbors, since both $6$s connect to every other vertex. But then you can't have a $1$ in the sequence.
It is impossible to draw this graph. A simple graph has no parallel edges nor any loops. There are only 7 vertices in first sequence, so each vertex can only be joined to at most six other vertices, so the maximum degree of any vertex would be 6. Hence, you can’t have a vertex of degree 7