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Algorithmic methods of finite discrete structures. Topological graph drawing (part I)

Combinatorics 2024-08-01 v1 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

Modern methods of graph theory describe a graph up to isomorphism, which makes it difficult to create mathematical models for visualizing graph drawings on a plane. The topological drawing of the planar part of a graph allows representing the planarization process by algebraic methods, without making any geometric constructions on the plane. Constructing a rotation of graph vertices solves two most important problems of graph theory simultaneously: the problem of testing a graph for planarity and the problem of constructing a topological drawing of a planar graph. It is shown that the problem of constructing a drawing of a non-planar graph can be reduced to the problem of constructing a drawing of a planar graph, taking into account the introduction of additional vertices characterizing the intersection of edges. Naturally, the development of such a mathematical structure will make it possible to solve the following important problems of graph theory: testing the planarity of a graph, identifying the largest planar subgraph of a graph, determining the thickness of a graph, obtaining a graph with a minimum number of intersections, etc.

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@article{arxiv.2407.21564,
  title  = {Algorithmic methods of finite discrete structures. Topological graph drawing (part I)},
  author = {Sergey Kurapov and Maxim Davidovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.21564},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

169 pages, in Ukrainian language, 92 figures, a preprint of monography

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