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An efficient algorithm for packing cuts and (2,3)-metrics in a planar graph with three holes

Combinatorics 2018-03-20 v1

Abstract

We consider a planar graph GG in which the edges have nonnegative integer lengths such that the length of every cycle of GG is even, and three faces are distinguished, called holes in GG. It is known that there exists a packing of cuts and (2,3)-metrics with nonnegative integer weights in GG which realizes the distances within each hole. We develop a strongly polynomial purely combinatorial algorithm to find such a packing.

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@article{arxiv.1803.07020,
  title  = {An efficient algorithm for packing cuts and (2,3)-metrics in a planar graph with three holes},
  author = {Alexander V. Karzanov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.07020},
  year   = {2018}
}

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25 pages, 10 figures

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