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Midrange crossing constants for graphs classes

Combinatorics 2018-11-21 v1

Abstract

For positive integers nn and ee, let κ(n,e)\kappa(n,e) be the minimum crossing number (the standard planar crossing number) taken over all graphs with nn vertices and at least ee edges. Pach, Spencer and T\'oth [Discrete and Computational Geometry 24 623--644, (2000)] showed that κ(n,e)n2/e3\kappa(n,e) n^2/e^3 tends to a positive constant (called midrange crossing constant) as nn\to \infty and nen2n \ll e \ll n^2, proving a conjecture of Erd\H{o}s and Guy. In this note, we extend their proof to show that the midrange crossing constant exists for graph classes that satisfy a certain set of graph properties. As a corollary, we show that the the midrange crossing constant exists for the family of bipartite graphs. All these results have their analogues for rectilinear crossing numbers.

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@article{arxiv.1811.08071,
  title  = {Midrange crossing constants for graphs classes},
  author = {Éva Czabarka and Josiah Reiswig and László Székely and Zhiyu Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.08071},
  year   = {2018}
}
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