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Branchwidth is (1,g)-self-dual

Combinatorics 2023-06-06 v2

Abstract

A graph parameter is self-dual in some class of graphs embeddable in some surface if its value does not change in the dual graph by more than a constant factor. We prove that the branchwidth of connected hypergraphs without bridges and loops that are embeddable in some surface of Euler genus at most g is an (1,g)-self-dual parameter. This is the first proof that branchwidth is an additively self-dual width parameter.

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@article{arxiv.2305.18069,
  title  = {Branchwidth is (1,g)-self-dual},
  author = {Georgios Kontogeorgiou and Alexandros Leivaditis and Kostas I. Psaromiligkos and Giannos Stamoulis and Dimitris Zoros},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.18069},
  year   = {2023}
}

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10 pages

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