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Simple Greedy 2-Approximation Algorithm for the Maximum Genus of a Graph

Authors Michal Kotrbcík, Martin Skoviera

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  • embedding
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Abstract

The maximum genus gamma_M(G) of a graph G is the largest genus of an orientable surface into which G has a cellular embedding. Combinatorially, it coincides with the maximum number of disjoint pairs of adjacent edges of G whose removal results in a connected spanning subgraph of G. In this paper we describe a greedy 2-approximation algorithm for maximum genus by proving that removing pairs of adjacent edges from G arbitrarily while retaining connectedness leads to at least gamma_M(G)/2 pairs of edges removed. As a consequence of our approach we also obtain a 2-approximate counterpart of Xuong's combinatorial characterisation of maximum genus.

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Michal Kotrbcík and Martin Skoviera. Simple Greedy 2-Approximation Algorithm for the Maximum Genus of a Graph. In 2nd Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms (SOSA 2019). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 69, pp. 14:1-14:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2019) https://doi.org/10.4230/OASIcs.SOSA.2019.14

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Michal Kotrbcík
Martin Skoviera

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