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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2026.11

A Near-Linear-Time Algorithm for Finding a Well-Spread Perfect Matching in Bridgeless Cubic Graphs

Authors: Babak Ghanbari and Robert Šámal

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 386, 51st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2026)

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We present a near-linear-time algorithm that, given a bridgeless cubic graph, finds a perfect matching intersecting every 3-edge-cut in exactly one edge. This improves over a cubic algorithm of Boyd et al. for the same problem, and over our previous algorithm, which worked only for 3-edge-connected graphs. The main ingredient is a cactus representation of the 2-edge-cuts, together with an efficient update procedure under 2-cut reductions.

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Babak Ghanbari and Robert Šámal. A Near-Linear-Time Algorithm for Finding a Well-Spread Perfect Matching in Bridgeless Cubic Graphs. In 51st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2026). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 386, pp. 11:1-11:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)

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@InProceedings{ghanbari_et_al:LIPIcs.MFCS.2026.11,
  author =	{Ghanbari, Babak and \v{S}\'{a}mal, Robert},
  title =	{{A Near-Linear-Time Algorithm for Finding a Well-Spread Perfect Matching in Bridgeless Cubic Graphs}},
  booktitle =	{51st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2026)},
  pages =	{11:1--11:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-442-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{386},
  editor =	{Kouck\'{y}, Michal and Petrișan, Daniela},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2026.11},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-273922},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.MFCS.2026.11},
  annote =	{Keywords: bridgeless cubic graphs, well-spread perfect matching, edge cuts, cactus representation}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.76

Relaxations of Graph Isomorphism

Authors: Laura Mancinska, David E. Roberson, Robert Samal, Simone Severini, and Antonios Varvitsiotis

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 80, 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017)

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We introduce a nonlocal game that captures and extends the notion of graph isomorphism. This game can be won in the classical case if and only if the two input graphs are isomorphic. Thus, by considering quantum strategies we are able to define the notion of quantum isomorphism. We also consider the case of more general non-signalling strategies, and show that such a strategy exists if and only if the graphs are fractionally isomorphic. We prove several necessary conditions for quantum isomorphism, including cospectrality, and provide a construction for producing pairs of non-isomorphic graphs that are quantum isomorphic. We then show that both classical and quantum isomorphism can be reformulated as feasibility programs over the completely positive and completely positive semidefinite cones respectively. This leads us to considering relaxations of (quantum) isomorphism arrived at by relaxing the cone to either the doubly nonnegative (DNN) or positive semidefinite (PSD) cones. We show that DNN-isomorphism is equivalent to the previous defined notion of graph equivalence, a polynomial-time decidable relation that is related to coherent algebras. We also show that PSD-isomorphism implies several types of cospectrality, and that it is equivalent to cospectrality for connected 1-walk-regular graphs. Finally, we show that all of the above mentioned relations form a strict hierarchy of weaker and weaker relations, with non-singalling/fractional isomorphism being the weakest. The techniques used are an interesting mix of algebra, combinatorics, and quantum information.

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Laura Mancinska, David E. Roberson, Robert Samal, Simone Severini, and Antonios Varvitsiotis. Relaxations of Graph Isomorphism. In 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 80, pp. 76:1-76:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{mancinska_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.76,
  author =	{Mancinska, Laura and Roberson, David E. and Samal, Robert and Severini, Simone and Varvitsiotis, Antonios},
  title =	{{Relaxations of Graph Isomorphism}},
  booktitle =	{44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017)},
  pages =	{76:1--76:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-041-5},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2017},
  volume =	{80},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Indyk, Piotr and Kuhn, Fabian and Muscholl, Anca},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.76},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-74697},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.76},
  annote =	{Keywords: graph isomorphism, quantum information, semidefinite programming}
}

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