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We give almost tight conditional lower bounds on the running time of the kHyperPath problem. Given an $r$-uniform hypergraph for some integer $r$, kHyperPath seeks a tight path of length $k$. That is, a sequence of $k$ nodes such that every…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-02-20 Lior Kamma , Ohad Trabelsi

The Hybrid network model was introduced in [Augustine et al., SODA '20] for laying down a theoretical foundation for networks which combine two possible modes of communication: One mode allows high-bandwidth communication with neighboring…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-01-19 Keren Censor-Hillel , Dean Leitersdorf , Volodymyr Polosukhin

Given an edge-weighted graph, how many minimum $k$-cuts can it have? This is a fundamental question in the intersection of algorithms, extremal combinatorics, and graph theory. It is particularly interesting in that the best known bounds…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Anupam Gupta , Euiwoong Lee , Jason Li

Gallai asked in 1984 if any $k$-critical graph on $n$ vertices contains at least $n$ distinct $(k-1)$-critical subgraphs. The answer is trivial for $k\leq 3$. Improving a result of Stiebitz, Abbott and Zhou proved in 1995 that for all…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-07-02 Jie Ma , Tianchi Yang

The input to the Multiway Cut problem is a weighted undirected graph, with nonnegative edge weights, and $k$ designated terminals. The goal is to partition the vertices of the graph into $k$ parts, each containing exactly one of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Joshua Brakensiek , Neng Huang , Aaron Potechin , Uri Zwick

The APSP Hypothesis states that the All-Pairs Shortest Paths (APSP) problem requires time $n^{3-o(1)}$ on graphs with polynomially bounded integer edge weights. Two increasingly stronger assumptions are the Strong APSP Hypothesis and the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Nick Fischer

Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane, where each point $p\in P$ has a transmission radius $r(p)>0$. The transmission graph defined by $P$ and the given radii, denoted by $\mathcal{G}_{\mathrm{tr}}(P)$, is the directed graph whose…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Mark de Berg

Parameterization above (or below) a guarantee is a successful concept in parameterized algorithms. The idea is that many computational problems admit ``natural'' guarantees bringing to algorithmic questions whether a better solution (above…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Fedor F. Fomin , Petr A. Golovach , Danil Sagunov , Kirill Simonov

We provide new tradeoffs between approximation and running time for the decremental all-pairs shortest paths (APSP) problem. For undirected graphs with $m$ edges and $n$ nodes undergoing edge deletions, we provide four new approximate…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Michal Dory , Sebastian Forster , Yasamin Nazari , Tijn de Vos

Given a graph and an integer $k$, Densest $k$-Subgraph is the algorithmic task of finding the subgraph on $k$ vertices with the maximum number of edges. This is a fundamental problem that has been subject to intense study for decades, with…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Chris Jones , Aaron Potechin , Goutham Rajendran , Jeff Xu

We consider the (exact, minimum) $k$-cut problem: given a graph and an integer $k$, delete a minimum-weight set of edges so that the remaining graph has at least $k$ connected components. This problem is a natural generalization of the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Jason Li

We describe a $\frac{4}{3}$-approximation algorithm for the traveling salesman problem in which the distances between points are induced by graph-theoretical distances in an unweighted graph. The algorithm is based on finding a minimum cost…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-11-05 Ali Çivril

This work considers the problem of output-sensitive listing of occurrences of $2k$-cycles for fixed constant $k\geq 2$ in an undirected host graph with $m$ edges and $t$ $2k$-cycles. Recent work of Jin and Xu (and independently Abboud,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Virginia Vassilevska Williams , Alek Westover

Circuit augmentation schemes are a family of combinatorial algorithms for linear programming that generalize the simplex method. To solve the linear program, they construct a so-called monotone circuit walk: They start at an initial vertex…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Alexander E. Black , Christian Nöbel , Raphael Steiner

In this paper, we extend techniques developed in the context of the Travelling Salesperson Problem for cycle problems. Particularly, we study the shrinking of support graphs and the exact algorithms for subcycle elimination separation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Gorka Kobeaga , María Merino , Jose A. Lozano

We give an $n^{2+o(1)}$-time algorithm for finding $s$-$t$ min-cuts for all pairs of vertices $s$ and $t$ in a simple, undirected graph on $n$ vertices. We do so by constructing a Gomory-Hu tree (or cut equivalent tree) in the same running…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Jason Li , Debmalya Panigrahi , Thatchaphol Saranurak

The paper provides a description of the two recent approximation algorithms for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem, giving the intuitive description of the works of Feige-Singh[1] and Asadpour et.al\ [2].\newline [1] improves the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-05-09 Arka Bhattacharya

In distance query reconstruction, we wish to reconstruct the edge set of a hidden graph by asking as few distance queries as possible to an oracle. Given two vertices $u$ and $v$, the oracle returns the shortest path distance between $u$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Paul Bastide , Carla Groenland

We present new upper and lower bounds on the minimum distance of certain generalized bicycle (GB) codes beyond the reach of techniques for classical codes capable of even capturing the true minimum distance for some cases. These bounds are…

M\"omke and Svensson presented a beautiful new approach for the traveling salesman problem on a graph metric (graph-TSP), which yields a $4/3$-approximation guarantee on subcubic graphs as well as a substantial improvement over the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-04 Alantha Newman