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2-Layer Fan-Planarity in Polynomial Time

Computational Geometry 2025-08-26 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

In this paper, we give a polynomial-time algorithm for deciding whether an input bipartite graph admits a 2-layer fan-planar drawing, resolving an open problem posed in several papers since 2015.

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@article{arxiv.2508.17349,
  title  = {2-Layer Fan-Planarity in Polynomial Time},
  author = {Yasuaki Kobayashi and Yuto Okada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.17349},
  year   = {2025}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures

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