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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.37
Toward Grünbaum’s Conjecture

Authors: Christian Ortlieb and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 294, 19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)

Abstract
Given a spanning tree T of a planar graph G, the co-tree of T is the spanning tree of the dual graph G^* with edge set (E(G)-E(T))^*. Grünbaum conjectured in 1970 that every planar 3-connected graph G contains a spanning tree T such that both T and its co-tree have maximum degree at most 3. While Grünbaum’s conjecture remains open, Biedl proved that there is a spanning tree T such that T and its co-tree have maximum degree at most 5. By using new structural insights into Schnyder woods, we prove that there is a spanning tree T such that T and its co-tree have maximum degree at most 4. This tree can be computed in linear time.
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Christian Ortlieb and Jens M. Schmidt. Toward Grünbaum’s Conjecture. In 19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 294, pp. 37:1-37:17, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{ortlieb_et_al:LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.37,
  author =	{Ortlieb, Christian and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Toward Gr\"{u}nbaum’s Conjecture}},
  booktitle =	{19th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2024)},
  pages =	{37:1--37:17},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-318-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{294},
  editor =	{Bodlaender, Hans L.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.37},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-200777},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2024.37},
  annote =	{Keywords: Planar graph, spanning tree, maximum degree, Schnyder wood}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.13
Computing Vertex-Disjoint Paths in Large Graphs Using MAOs

Authors: Johanna E. Preißer and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 123, 29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018)

Abstract
We consider the problem of computing k in N internally vertex-disjoint paths between special vertex pairs of simple connected graphs. For general vertex pairs, the best deterministic time bound is, since 42 years, O(min{k,sqrt{n}}m) for each pair by using traditional flow-based methods. The restriction of our vertex pairs comes from the machinery of maximal adjacency orderings (MAOs). Henzinger showed for every MAO and every 1 <= k <= delta (where delta is the minimum degree of the graph) the existence of k internally vertex-disjoint paths between every pair of the last delta-k+2 vertices of this MAO. Later, Nagamochi generalized this result by using the machinery of mixed connectivity. Both results are however inherently non-constructive. We present the first algorithm that computes these k internally vertex-disjoint paths in linear time O(m), which improves the previously best time O(min{k,sqrt{n}}m). Due to the linear running time, this algorithm is suitable for large graphs. The algorithm is simple, works directly on the MAO structure, and completes a long history of purely existential proofs with a constructive method. We extend our algorithm to compute several other path systems and discuss its impact for certifying algorithms.
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Johanna E. Preißer and Jens M. Schmidt. Computing Vertex-Disjoint Paths in Large Graphs Using MAOs. In 29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 123, pp. 13:1-13:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{preier_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.13,
  author =	{Prei{\ss}er, Johanna E. and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Computing Vertex-Disjoint Paths in Large Graphs Using MAOs}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018)},
  pages =	{13:1--13:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-094-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{123},
  editor =	{Hsu, Wen-Lian and Lee, Der-Tsai and Liao, Chung-Shou},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.13},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-99613},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.13},
  annote =	{Keywords: Computing Disjoint Paths, Large Graphs, Vertex-Connectivity, Linear-Time, Maximal Adjacency Ordering, Maximum Cardinality Search, Big Data, Certifying Algorithm}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.38
A Cut Tree Representation for Pendant Pairs

Authors: On-Hei S. Lo and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 123, 29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018)

Abstract
Two vertices v and w of a graph G are called a pendant pair if the maximal number of edge-disjoint paths in G between them is precisely min{d(v),d(w)}, where d denotes the degree function. The importance of pendant pairs stems from the fact that they are the key ingredient in one of the simplest and most widely used algorithms for the minimum cut problem today. Mader showed 1974 that every simple graph with minimum degree delta contains Omega(delta^2) pendant pairs; this is the best bound known so far. We improve this result by showing that every simple graph G with minimum degree delta >= 5 or with edge-connectivity lambda >= 4 or with vertex-connectivity kappa >= 3 contains in fact Omega(delta |V|) pendant pairs. We prove that this bound is tight from several perspectives, and that Omega(delta |V|) pendant pairs can be computed efficiently, namely in linear time when a Gomory-Hu tree is given. Our method utilizes a new cut tree representation of graphs.
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On-Hei S. Lo and Jens M. Schmidt. A Cut Tree Representation for Pendant Pairs. In 29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 123, pp. 38:1-38:9, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{lo_et_al:LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.38,
  author =	{Lo, On-Hei S. and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{A Cut Tree Representation for Pendant Pairs}},
  booktitle =	{29th International Symposium on Algorithms and Computation (ISAAC 2018)},
  pages =	{38:1--38:9},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-094-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{123},
  editor =	{Hsu, Wen-Lian and Lee, Der-Tsai and Liao, Chung-Shou},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.38},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-99869},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ISAAC.2018.38},
  annote =	{Keywords: Pendant Pairs, Pendant Tree, Maximal Adjacency Ordering, Maximum Cardinality Search, Testing Edge-Connectivity, Gomory-Hu Tree}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.98
Computing Tutte Paths

Authors: Andreas Schmid and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 107, 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)

Abstract
Tutte paths are one of the most successful tools for attacking problems on long cycles in planar graphs. Unfortunately, results based on them are non-constructive, as their proofs inherently use an induction on overlapping subgraphs and these overlaps prevent any attempt to bound the running time by a polynomial. For special cases however, computational results of Tutte paths are known: For 4-connected planar graphs, Tutte paths are in fact Hamiltonian paths and Chiba and Nishizeki [N. Chiba and T. Nishizeki, 1989] showed how to compute such paths in linear time. For 3-connected planar graphs, Tutte paths have a significantly more complicated structure, and it has only recently been shown that they can be computed in polynomial time [A. Schmid and J. M. Schmidt, 2015]. However, Tutte paths are defined for general 2-connected planar graphs and this is what most applications need. In this unrestricted setting, no computational results for Tutte paths are known. We give the first efficient algorithm that computes a Tutte path (in this unrestricted setting). One of the strongest existence results about such Tutte paths is due to Sanders [D. P. Sanders, 1997], which allows one to prescribe the end vertices and an intermediate edge of the desired path. Encompassing and strengthening all previous computational results on Tutte paths, we show how to compute such a special Tutte path efficiently. Our method refines both, the existence results of Thomassen [C. Thomassen, 1983] and Sanders [D. P. Sanders, 1997], and avoids that the subgraphs arising in the inductive proof intersect in more than one edge by using a novel iterative decomposition along 2-separators. Finally, we show that our algorithm runs in time O(n^2).
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Andreas Schmid and Jens M. Schmidt. Computing Tutte Paths. In 45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 107, pp. 98:1-98:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{schmid_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.98,
  author =	{Schmid, Andreas and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Computing Tutte Paths}},
  booktitle =	{45th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2018)},
  pages =	{98:1--98:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-076-7},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{107},
  editor =	{Chatzigiannakis, Ioannis and Kaklamanis, Christos and Marx, D\'{a}niel and Sannella, Donald},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.98},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-91029},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2018.98},
  annote =	{Keywords: Tutte Path, Tutte Cycle, 2-Connected Planar Graph, Hamiltonian Cycle}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.75
Edge-Orders

Authors: Lena Schlipf and Jens M. Schmidt

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

Abstract
Canonical orderings and their relatives such as st-numberings have been used as a key tool in algorithmic graph theory for the last decades. Recently, a unifying link behind all these orders has been shown that links them to well-known graph decompositions into parts that have a prescribed vertex-connectivity. Despite extensive interest in canonical orderings, no analogue of this unifying concept is known for edge-connectivity. In this paper, we establish such a concept named edge-orders and show how to compute (1,1)-edge-orders of 2-edge-connected graphs as well as (2,1)-edge-orders of 3-edge-connected graphs in linear time, respectively. While the former can be seen as the edge-variants of st-numberings, the latter are the edge-variants of Mondshein sequences and non-separating ear decompositions. The methods that we use for obtaining such edge-orders differ considerably in almost all details from the ones used for their vertex-counterparts, as different graph-theoretic constructions are used in the inductive proof and standard reductions from edge- to vertex-connectivity are bound to fail. As a first application, we consider the famous Edge-Independent Spanning Tree Conjecture, which asserts that every k-edge-connected graph contains k rooted spanning trees that are pairwise edge-independent. We illustrate the impact of the above edge-orders by deducing algorithms that construct 2- and 3-edge independent spanning trees of 2- and 3-edge-connected graphs, the latter of which improves the best known running time from O(n^2) to linear time.
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Lena Schlipf and Jens M. Schmidt. Edge-Orders. In 44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 80, pp. 75:1-75:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2017)

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@InProceedings{schlipf_et_al:LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.75,
  author =	{Schlipf, Lena and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Edge-Orders}},
  booktitle =	{44th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2017)},
  pages =	{75:1--75:14},
  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.2017.75},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-74078},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ICALP.2017.75},
  annote =	{Keywords: edge-order, st-edge-order, canonical ordering, edge-independent spanning tree, Mondshein sequence, linear time}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.5
Linear-Time Recognition of Map Graphs with Outerplanar Witness

Authors: Matthias Mnich, Ignaz Rutter, and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 53, 15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016)

Abstract
Map graphs generalize planar graphs and were introduced by Chen, Grigni and Papadimitriou [STOC 1998, J.ACM 2002]. They showed that the problem of recognizing map graphs is in NP by proving the existence of a planar witness graph W. Shortly after, Thorup [FOCS 1998] published a polynomial-time recognition algorithm for map graphs. However, the run time of this algorithm is estimated to be Omega(n^{120}) for n-vertex graphs, and a full description of its details remains unpublished. We give a new and purely combinatorial algorithm that decides whether a graph G is a map graph having an outerplanar witness W. This is a step towards a first combinatorial recognition algorithm for general map graphs. The algorithm runs in time and space O(n+m). In contrast to Thorup's approach, it computes the witness graph W in the affirmative case.
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Matthias Mnich, Ignaz Rutter, and Jens M. Schmidt. Linear-Time Recognition of Map Graphs with Outerplanar Witness. In 15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 53, pp. 5:1-5:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2016)

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@InProceedings{mnich_et_al:LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.5,
  author =	{Mnich, Matthias and Rutter, Ignaz and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Linear-Time Recognition of Map Graphs with Outerplanar Witness}},
  booktitle =	{15th Scandinavian Symposium and Workshops on Algorithm Theory (SWAT 2016)},
  pages =	{5:1--5:14},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-011-8},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2016},
  volume =	{53},
  editor =	{Pagh, Rasmus},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.5},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-60349},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.SWAT.2016.5},
  annote =	{Keywords: Algorithms and data structures, map graphs, recognition, planar graphs}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.676
Computing 2-Walks in Polynomial Time

Authors: Andreas Schmid and Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 30, 32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)

Abstract
A 2-walk of a graph is a walk visiting every vertex at least once and at most twice. By generalizing decompositions of Tutte and Thomassen, Gao, Richter and Yu proved that every 3-connected planar graph contains a closed 2-walk such that all vertices visited twice are contained in 3-separators. This seminal result generalizes Tutte's theorem that every 4-connected planar graph is Hamiltonian as well as Barnette's theorem that every 3-connected planar graph has a spanning tree with maximum degree at most 3. The algorithmic challenge of finding such a closed 2-walk is to overcome big overlapping subgraphs in the decomposition, which are also inherent in Tutte's and Thomassen's decompositions. We solve this problem by extending the decomposition of Gao, Richter and Yu in such a way that all pieces, in which the graph is decomposed into, are edge-disjoint. This implies the first polynomial-time algorithm that computes the closed 2-walk mentioned above.
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Andreas Schmid and Jens M. Schmidt. Computing 2-Walks in Polynomial Time. In 32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 30, pp. 676-688, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2015)

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@InProceedings{schmid_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2015.676,
  author =	{Schmid, Andreas and Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Computing 2-Walks in Polynomial Time}},
  booktitle =	{32nd International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2015)},
  pages =	{676--688},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-78-1},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2015},
  volume =	{30},
  editor =	{Mayr, Ernst W. and Ollinger, Nicolas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.676},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-49502},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2015.676},
  annote =	{Keywords: algorithms and data structures, 2-walks, 3-connected planar graphs, Tutte paths, 3-trees}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2491
Construction Sequences and Certifying 3-Connectedness

Authors: Jens M. Schmidt

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 5, 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (2010)

Abstract
Given two $3$-connected graphs $G$ and $H$, a \emph{construction sequence} constructs $G$ from $H$ (e.\,g. from the $K_4$) with three basic operations, called the \emph{Barnette-Gr\"unbaum operations}. These operations are known to be able to construct all $3$-connected graphs. We extend this result by identifying every intermediate graph in the construction sequence with a subdivision in $G$ and showing under some minor assumptions that there is still a construction sequence to $G$ when we start from an \emph{arbitrary prescribed} $H$-subdivision. This leads to the first algorithm that computes a construction sequence in time $O(|V(G)|^2)$. As an application, we develop a certificate for the $3$-connectedness of graphs that can be easily computed and verified. Based on this, a certifying test on $3$-connectedness is designed.%Finding certifying algorithms is a major goal for problems where the efficient solutions known are complicated. Tutte proved that every $3$-connected graph on more than $4$ nodes has a \emph{contractible edge}. Barnette and Gr\"unbaum proved the existence of a \emph{removable edge} in the same setting. We show that the sequence of contractions and the sequence of removals from $G$ to the $K_4$ can be computed in $O(|V|^2)$ time by extending Barnette and Gr\"unbaum's theorem. As an application, we derive a certificate for the $3$-connectedness of graphs that can be easily computed and verified.
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Jens M. Schmidt. Construction Sequences and Certifying 3-Connectedness. In 27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 5, pp. 633-644, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2010)

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@InProceedings{schmidt:LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2491,
  author =	{Schmidt, Jens M.},
  title =	{{Construction Sequences and Certifying 3-Connectedness}},
  booktitle =	{27th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science},
  pages =	{633--644},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-16-3},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2010},
  volume =	{5},
  editor =	{Marion, Jean-Yves and Schwentick, Thomas},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2491},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-24918},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2010.2491},
  annote =	{Keywords: Construction sequence, 3-connected graph, nested subdivisions, inductive characterization, 3-connectedness, certifying algorithm}
}
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