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Hardness of approximation for crossing number

Computational Geometry 2012-04-04 v1 Computational Complexity Combinatorics

Abstract

We show that, if P\not=NP, there is a constant c > 1 such that there is no c-approximation algorithm for the crossing number, even when restricted to 3-regular graphs.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1204.0660,
  title  = {Hardness of approximation for crossing number},
  author = {Sergio Cabello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0660},
  year   = {2012}
}

Comments

10 pages, 4 figures

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