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We show a fast algorithm for determining the set of edges in a planar undirected unweighted graph, whose deletion reduces the maximum flow between two fixed vertices. This is a special case of the max flow vitality problem, that has been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-14 Giorgio Ausiello , Paolo G. Franciosa , Isabella Lari , Andrea Ribichini

This paper generalizes the Max-Flow Min-Cut (MFMC) theorem from the setting of numerical capacities to sheaves of partial semimodules over semirings on directed graphs. Motivating examples of partial semimodules include probability…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2014-09-24 Sanjeevi Krishnan

We present an $\tilde{O}\left(m^{\frac{10}{7}}U^{\frac{1}{7}}\right)$-time algorithm for the maximum $s$-$t$ flow problem and the minimum $s$-$t$ cut problem in directed graphs with $m$ arcs and largest integer capacity $U$. This matches…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-08-23 Aleksander Madry

Resistance distance has been studied extensively in the past years, with the majority of previous studies devoted to undirected networks, in spite of the fact that various realistic networks are directed. Although several generalizations of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-09 Mingzhe Zhu , Liwang Zhu , Huan Li , Wei Li , Zhongzhi Zhang

In this work, we investigate the elastic properties of deflated vesicles and their shape dynamics in uniaxial extensional flow. By analysing the Helfrich bending energy and viscous flow stresses in the limit of highly elongated shapes, we…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-08 M. A. Shishkin , E. S. Pikina

The computational complexity of multicut-like problems may vary significantly depending on whether the terminals are fixed or not. In this work we present a comprehensive study of this phenomenon in two types of cut problems in directed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-07 Kristóf Bérczi , Karthekeyan Chandrasekaran , Tamás Király , Euiwoong Lee , Chao Xu

Bidirected graphs are a common generalisation of directed graphs where arcs can also be incoming to both their incident nodes, or outgoing from both their incident nodes. Such arcs allow a walk to change direction. Some algorithms can…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Sebastian Schmidt , Juha Harviainen , Corentin Moumard , Aleksandr Politov , Francisco Sena , Alexandru I. Tomescu

In this paper we provide an algorithm which given any $m$-edge $n$-vertex directed graph with integer capacities at most $U$ computes a maximum $s$-$t$ flow for any vertices $s$ and $t$ in $m^{4/3+o(1)}U^{1/3}$ time. This improves upon the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-04-16 Yang P. Liu , Aaron Sidford

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a supply graph and $H=(V,F)$ a demand graph defined on the same set of vertices. An assignment of capacities to the edges of $G$ and demands to the edges of $H$ is said to satisfy the \emph{cut condition} if for any cut in…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2012-03-20 Amit Chakrabarti , Lisa Fleischer , Christophe Weibel

Lott-Sturm-Villani theory of curvature on geodesic spaces has been extended to discrete graph spaces by C. L{\'e}onard by replacing W2-Wasserstein geodesics by Schr{\"o}odinger bridges in the definition of entropic curvature [23, 25, 24].…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-10-06 Paul-Marie Samson

We prove that any $n$-node graph $G$ with diameter $D$ admits shortcuts with congestion $O(\delta D \log n)$ and dilation $O(\delta D)$, where $\delta$ is the maximum edge-density of any minor of $G$. Our proof is simple, elementary, and…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-08-10 Mohsen Ghaffari , Bernhard Haeupler

The famous flow decomposition theorem of Gallai (1985) states that any static edge $s$,$d$-flow in a directed graph can be decomposed into a nonnegative linear combination of incidence vectors of paths and cycles. In this paper, we study…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Lukas Graf , Tobias Harks , Julian Schwarz

This paper significantly strengthens directed low-diameter decompositions in several ways. We define and give the first results for separated low-diameter decompositions in directed graphs, tighten and generalize probabilistic guarantees,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Bernhard Haeupler , Richard Hladík , Shengzhe Wang , Zhijun Zhang

We present a graph-based numerical method for solving hyperbolic systems of conservation laws using discontinuous finite elements. This work fills important gaps in the theory as well as practice of graph-based schemes. In particular, four…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Martin Kronbichler , Matthias Maier , Ignacio Tomas

In this study, we challenge the traditional approach of frequency analysis on directed graphs, which typically relies on a single measure of signal variation such as total variation. We argue that the inherent directionality in directed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Semin Kwak , Laura Shimabukuro , Antonio Ortega

Connectivity (or equivalently, unweighted maximum flow) is an important measure in graph theory and combinatorial optimization. Given a graph $G$ with vertices $s$ and $t$, the connectivity $\lambda(s,t)$ from $s$ to $t$ is defined to be…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-12-25 Shyan Akmal

A graph is chordal if it contains no induced cycle of length four or more. While finite chordal graphs are precisely those admitting tree-decompositions into cliques, this fails for infinite graphs. We establish two results extending the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-26 Max Pitz , Lucas Real , Roman Schaut

We show that every directed graph $G$ with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges admits a directed acyclic graph (DAG) with $m^{1+o(1)}$ edges, called a DAG projection, that can either $(1+1/\text{polylog} (n))$-approximate distances between all pairs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Bernhard Haeupler , Yonggang Jiang , Thatchaphol Saranurak

This paper studies the continuous-time distributed optimization of a sum of convex functions over directed graphs. Contrary to what is known in the consensus literature, where the same dynamics works for both undirected and directed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-20 Bahman Gharesifard , Jorge Cortes

We give a deterministic $m^{1+o(1)}$ time algorithm that computes exact maximum flows and minimum-cost flows on directed graphs with $m$ edges and polynomially bounded integral demands, costs, and capacities. As a consequence, we obtain the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-29 Jan van den Brand , Li Chen , Rasmus Kyng , Yang P. Liu , Richard Peng , Maximilian Probst Gutenberg , Sushant Sachdeva , Aaron Sidford