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A coarse block-cut tree theorem

Combinatorics 2026-07-08 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We prove a coarse analogue of the classic fact that every graph can be decomposed along its cut-vertices into 22-connected components. Precisely, we prove that for every graph GG and a positive integer dd, GG admits a tree decomposition whose adhesion sets have weak diameter at most 3d+23d+2 so that no two vertices u,vu,v lying in the same bag can be separated by a set of weak diameter at most dd whose distance from uu and vv is more than dd. By the Coarse Menger's Theorem for two paths, this condition admits also a dual formulation, phrased in terms of the existence of two paths that are far from each other and connect the vicinity of uu with the vicinity of vv.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.07111,
  title  = {A coarse block-cut tree theorem},
  author = {Júlia Baligács and Václav Blažej and Jadwiga Czyżewska and Michał Pilipczuk and Evangelos Protopapas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.07111},
  year   = {2026}
}