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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.33

A Solution to Ringel’s Circle Problem

Authors: James Davies, Chaya Keller, Linda Kleist, Shakhar Smorodinsky, and Bartosz Walczak

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 224, 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022)

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We construct families of circles in the plane such that their tangency graphs have arbitrarily large girth and chromatic number. This provides a strong negative answer to Ringel’s circle problem (1959). The proof relies on a (multidimensional) version of Gallai’s theorem with polynomial constraints, which we derive from the Hales-Jewett theorem and which may be of independent interest.

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James Davies, Chaya Keller, Linda Kleist, Shakhar Smorodinsky, and Bartosz Walczak. A Solution to Ringel’s Circle Problem. In 38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 224, pp. 33:1-33:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2022)

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@InProceedings{davies_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.33,
  author =	{Davies, James and Keller, Chaya and Kleist, Linda and Smorodinsky, Shakhar and Walczak, Bartosz},
  title =	{{A Solution to Ringel’s Circle Problem}},
  booktitle =	{38th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2022)},
  pages =	{33:1--33:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-227-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{224},
  editor =	{Goaoc, Xavier and Kerber, Michael},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.33},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-160413},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2022.33},
  annote =	{Keywords: circle arrangement, chromatic number, Gallai’s theorem, polynomial method}
}

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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.29

Colouring Polygon Visibility Graphs and Their Generalizations

Authors: James Davies, Tomasz Krawczyk, Rose McCarty, and Bartosz Walczak

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 189, 37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021)

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Curve pseudo-visibility graphs generalize polygon and pseudo-polygon visibility graphs and form a hereditary class of graphs. We prove that every curve pseudo-visibility graph with clique number ω has chromatic number at most 3⋅4^{ω-1}. The proof is carried through in the setting of ordered graphs; we identify two conditions satisfied by every curve pseudo-visibility graph (considered as an ordered graph) and prove that they are sufficient for the claimed bound. The proof is algorithmic: both the clique number and a colouring with the claimed number of colours can be computed in polynomial time.

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James Davies, Tomasz Krawczyk, Rose McCarty, and Bartosz Walczak. Colouring Polygon Visibility Graphs and Their Generalizations. In 37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 189, pp. 29:1-29:16, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2021)

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@InProceedings{davies_et_al:LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.29,
  author =	{Davies, James and Krawczyk, Tomasz and McCarty, Rose and Walczak, Bartosz},
  title =	{{Colouring Polygon Visibility Graphs and Their Generalizations}},
  booktitle =	{37th International Symposium on Computational Geometry (SoCG 2021)},
  pages =	{29:1--29:16},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-184-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2021},
  volume =	{189},
  editor =	{Buchin, Kevin and Colin de Verdi\`{e}re, \'{E}ric},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.29},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-138281},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SoCG.2021.29},
  annote =	{Keywords: Visibility graphs, \chi-boundedness, pseudoline arrangements, ordered graphs}
}

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