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Min st-Cut of a Planar Graph in O(n loglog n) Time

Discrete Mathematics 2010-10-08 v2

Abstract

Given a planar undirected n-vertex graph G with non-negative edge weights, we show how to compute, for given vertices s and t in G, a min st-cut in G in O(n loglog n) time and O(n) space. The previous best time bound was O(n log n).

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@article{arxiv.1007.3609,
  title  = {Min st-Cut of a Planar Graph in O(n loglog n) Time},
  author = {Christian Wulff-Nilsen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.3609},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Added mainly details and corrections to the r-division section