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最小平面化的多对数近似(几乎)

Polylogarithmic approximation for minimum planarization (almost)

Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi, Anastasios Sidiropoulos

摘要:

在最小平面化问题中,给定一个$n$ -顶点图,目标是找到一组基数最小的顶点,将这些顶点去掉后,图仍为平面图。这是拓扑图论中的一个基本问题。我们提出了一个$\log^{O(1)} n$ -近似算法,这个问题的一般图的运行时间$n^{O(\log n/\log\log n)}$。对于任意小的常数$\varepsilon > 0$,我们还得到了一个具有运行时间的$O(n^\varepsilon)$ -近似$n^{O(1/\varepsilon)}$.在我们的工作之前,对于一般图上的这个问题,没有已知的非平凡算法,即使在有界度的图上,最著名的结果也是$n^{Ω(1)}$ -近似[Chekuri and Sidiropoulos 2013]。作为直接推论,我们还得到了有界度图上交叉数问题的改进近似算法。具体地说,我们分别得到了时间上的$O(n^{1/2+\varepsilon})$ -近似和$n^{1/2} \log^{O(1)} n$ -近似算法$n^{O(1/\varepsilon)}$和$n^{O(\log n/\log\log n)}$.之前最著名的结果是多项式时间$n^{9/10}\log^{O(1)} n$近似算法[Chuzhoy 2011]。我们的算法引入了几个新的工具,包括一个有效的顶点图的网格子结构,和一个新的方法来计算不相关的顶点。这些工具的类似物以前只适用于精确算法。我们的工作在近似算法的设置中有效地实现了这些想法,这可能具有独立的兴趣。

英文摘要:

In the minimum planarization problem, given some $n$-vertex graph, the goal is to find a set of vertices of minimum cardinality whose removal leaves a planar graph. This is a fundamental problem in topological graph theory. We present a $\log^{O(1)} n$-approximation algorithm for this problem on general graphs with running time $n^{O(\log n/\log\log n)}$. We also obtain a $O(n^\varepsilon)$-approximation with running time $n^{O(1/\varepsilon)}$ for any arbitrarily small constant $\varepsilon > 0$. Prior to our work, no non-trivial algorithm was known for this problem on general graphs, and the best known result even on graphs of bounded degree was a $n^{Ω(1)}$-approximation [Chekuri and Sidiropoulos 2013]. As an immediate corollary, we also obtain improved approximation algorithms for the crossing number problem on graphs of bounded degree. Specifically, we obtain $O(n^{1/2+\varepsilon})$-approximation and $n^{1/2} \log^{O(1)} n$-approximation algorithms in time $n^{O(1/\varepsilon)}$ and $n^{O(\log n/\log\log n)}$ respectively. The previously best-known result was a polynomial-time $n^{9/10}\log^{O(1)} n$-approximation algorithm [Chuzhoy 2011]. Our algorithm introduces several new tools including an efficient grid-minor construction for apex graphs, and a new method for computing irrelevant vertices. Analogues of these tools were previously available only for exact algorithms. Our work gives efficient implementations of these ideas in the setting of approximation algorithms, which could be of independent interest.

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