scholarly journals A New Algorithm for Embedding Plane Graphs at Fixed Vertex Locations

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Schaefer
Keyword(s):  
Plane Graph ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Classic Result

We show that a plane graph can be embedded with its vertices at arbitrarily assigned locations in the plane and at most $6n-1$ bends per edge. This improves and simplifies a classic result by Pach and Wenger. The proof extends to orthogonal drawings.

GENERA OF THE LINKS DERIVED FROM 2-CONNECTED PLANE GRAPHS

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 1250129 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHUYA LIU ◽  
HEPING ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Explicit Formula ◽  
Large Family ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Degree Sum ◽  
Oriented Link

In this paper, we associate a plane graph G with an oriented link by replacing each vertex of G with a special oriented n-tangle diagram. It is shown that such an oriented link has the minimum genus over all orientations of its unoriented version if its associated plane graph G is 2-connected. As a result, the genera of a large family of unoriented links are determined by an explicit formula in terms of their component numbers and the degree sum of their associated plane graphs.

scholarly journals FOLDING EQUILATERAL PLANE GRAPHS

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (02) ◽  
pp. 75-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZACHARY ABEL ◽  
ERIK D. DEMAINE ◽  
MARTIN L. DEMAINE ◽  
SARAH EISENSTAT ◽  
JAYSON LYNCH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plane Graph ◽  
Analogous Problem ◽  
Central Vertex ◽  
Polyhedral Complex ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Single Vertex ◽  
Np Completeness ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
Polyhedral Manifold

We consider two types of folding applied to equilateral plane graph linkages. First, under continuous folding motions, we show how to reconfigure any linear equilateral tree (lying on a line) into a canonical configuration. By contrast, it is known that such reconfiguration is not always possible for linear (nonequilateral) trees and for (nonlinear) equilateral trees. Second, under instantaneous folding motions, we show that an equilateral plane graph has a noncrossing linear folded state if and only if it is bipartite. Furthermore, we show that the equilateral constraint is necessary for this result, by proving that it is strongly NP-complete to decide whether a (nonequilateral) plane graph has a linear folded state. Equivalently, we show strong NP-completeness of deciding whether an abstract metric polyhedral complex with one central vertex has a noncrossing flat folded state. By contrast, the analogous problem for a polyhedral manifold with one central vertex (single-vertex origami) is only weakly NP-complete.

CONVEX GRID DRAWINGS OF FOUR-CONNECTED PLANE GRAPHS

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (05) ◽  
pp. 1031-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAZUYUKI MIURA ◽  
SHIN-ICHI NAKANO ◽  
TAKAO NISHIZEKI
Keyword(s):  
Convex Polygon ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Outer Face ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Line Segments ◽  
Grid Drawing ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
Grid Points

A convex grid drawing of a plane graph G is a drawing of G on the plane such that all vertices of G are put on grid points, all edges are drawn as straight-line segments without any edge-intersection, and every face boundary is a convex polygon. In this paper we give a linear-time algorithm for finding a convex grid drawing of every 4-connected plane graph G with four or more vertices on the outer face. The size of the drawing satisfies W + H ≤ n - 1, where n is the number of vertices of G, W is the width and H is the height of the grid drawing. Thus the area W · H is at most ⌈(n - 1)/2⌉ · ⌊(n - 1)/2⌋. Our bounds on the sizes are optimal in a sense that there exist an infinite number of 4-connected plane graphs whose convex drawings need grids such that W + H = n - 1 and W · H = ⌈(n - 1)/2⌉ · ⌊(n - 1)/2⌋.

DETERMINING THE COMPONENT NUMBER OF LINKS CORRESPONDING TO LATTICES

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 1711-1726 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIAN'AN JIN ◽  
FENGMING DONG ◽  
ENG GUAN TAY
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Periodic Boundary ◽  
Periodic Boundary Conditions ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Link Diagram ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Link Diagrams ◽  
One To One

It is well known that there is a one-to-one correspondence between signed plane graphs and link diagrams via the medial construction. The component number of the corresponding link diagram is however independent of the signs of the plane graph. Determining this number may be one of the first problems in studying links by using graphs. Some works in this aspect have been done. In this paper, we investigate the component number of links corresponding to lattices. Firstly we provide some general results on component number of links. Then, via these results, we proceed to determine the component number of links corresponding to lattices with free or periodic boundary conditions and periodic lattices with one cap (i.e. spiderweb graphs) or two caps.

scholarly journals The ropelengths of knots are almost linear in terms of their crossing numbers

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (14) ◽  
pp. 1950085
Author(s):  
Yuanan Diao ◽  
Claus Ernst ◽  
Attila Por ◽  
Uta Ziegler
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Crossing Number ◽  
Divide And Conquer ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Cubic Lattice ◽  
Crossing Numbers ◽  
Total Length

For a knot or link [Formula: see text], let [Formula: see text] be the ropelength of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be the crossing number of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we show that there exists a constant [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] for any [Formula: see text], i.e. the upper bound of the ropelength of any knot is almost linear in terms of its minimum crossing number. This result is a significant improvement over the best known upper bound established previously, which is of the form [Formula: see text]. The proof is based on a divide-and-conquer approach on 4-regular plane graphs: a 4-regular plane graph of [Formula: see text] is first repeatedly subdivided into many small subgraphs and then reconstructed from these small subgraphs on the cubic lattice with its topology preserved with a total length of the order [Formula: see text]. The result then follows since a knot can be recovered from a graph that is topologically equivalent to a regular projection of it (which is a 4-regular plane graph).

EMBEDDING POINT SETS INTO PLANE GRAPHS OF SMALL DILATION

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (03) ◽  
pp. 201-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANNETTE EBBERS-BAUMANN ◽  
ANSGAR GRÜNE ◽  
ROLF KLEIN ◽  
MAREK KARPINSKI ◽  
CHRISTIAN KNAUER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plane Graph ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Convex Curve ◽  
Embedding Problem ◽  
Finite Point ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Parallel Lines ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Point Set ◽  
Set Of Points

Let S be a set of points in the plane. What is the minimum possible dilation of all plane graphs that contain S? Even for a set S as simple as five points evenly placed on the circle, this question seems hard to answer; it is not even clear if there exists a lower bound > 1. In this paper we provide the first upper and lower bounds for the embedding problem. 1. Each finite point set can be embedded into the vertex set of a finite triangulation of dilation ≤ 1.1247. 2. Each embedding of a closed convex curve has dilation ≥ 1.00157. 3. Let P be the plane graph that results from intersecting n infinite families of equidistant, parallel lines in general position. Then the vertex set of P has dilation [Formula: see text].

Closed, oriented, connected 3-manifolds are subtle equivalence classes of plane graphs

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (14) ◽  
pp. 1850077
Author(s):  
Sóstenes L. Lins ◽  
Diogo B. Henriques
Keyword(s):  
Recent Result ◽  
Finite Sequence ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Equivalence Classes ◽  
Residual Fraction ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Simple Move ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Framed Link ◽  
Move Type

A blink is a plane graph with an arbitrary bipartition of its edges. As a consequence of a recent result of Martelli, it is shown that the homeomorphisms classes of closed oriented 3-manifolds are in 1-1 correspondence with specific classes of blinks. In these classes, two blinks are equivalent if they are linked by a finite sequence of local moves, where each one appears in a concrete list of 64 moves: they are organized in 8 types, each being essentially the same move on 8 simply related configurations. The size of the list can be substantially decreased at the cost of loosing symmetry, just by keeping a very simple move type, the ribbon moves denoted [Formula: see text] (which are in principle redundant). The inclusion of [Formula: see text] implies that all the moves corresponding to plane duality (the starred moves), except for [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], are redundant and the coin calculus is reduced to 36 moves on 36 coins. A residual fraction link or a flink is a new object which generalizes blackboard-framed link. It plays an important role in this work. It is in the aegis of this work to find new important connections between 3-manifolds and plane graphs.

scholarly journals Goldberg-Coxeter Construction for $3$- and $4$-valent Plane Graphs

10.37236/1773 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathieu Dutour ◽  
Michel Deza
Keyword(s):  
Finite Index ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Mathematical Journal ◽  
Index Subgroup ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Circuit Structure ◽  
Simplicial Subdivision ◽  
Finite Index Subgroup ◽  
Algebraic Formalism

We consider the Goldberg-Coxeter construction $GC_{k,l}(G_0)$ (a generalization of a simplicial subdivision of the dodecahedron considered by Goldberg [Tohoku Mathematical Journal, 43 (1937) 104–108] and Coxeter [A Spectrum of Mathematics, OUP, (1971) 98–107]), which produces a plane graph from any $3$- or $4$-valent plane graph for integer parameters $k,l$. A zigzag in a plane graph is a circuit of edges, such that any two, but no three, consecutive edges belong to the same face; a central circuit in a $4$-valent plane graph $G$ is a circuit of edges, such that no two consecutive edges belong to the same face. We study the zigzag (or central circuit) structure of the resulting graph using the algebraic formalism of the moving group, the $(k,l)$-product and a finite index subgroup of $SL_2(\Bbb{Z})$, whose elements preserve the above structure. We also study the intersection pattern of zigzags (or central circuits) of $GC_{k,l}(G_0)$ and consider its projections, obtained by removing all but one zigzags (or central circuits).

scholarly journals Facial rainbow edge-coloring of simple 3-connected plane graphs

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 475-482
Author(s):  
Július Czap
Keyword(s):  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Minimum Number

A facial rainbow edge-coloring of a plane graph \(G\) is an edge-coloring such that any two edges receive distinct colors if they lie on a common facial path of \(G\). The minimum number of colors used in such a coloring is denoted by \(\text{erb}(G)\). Trivially, \(\text{erb}(G) \geq \text{L}(G)+1\) holds for every plane graph without cut-vertices, where \(\text{L}(G)\) denotes the length of a longest facial path in \(G\). Jendroľ in 2018 proved that every simple \(3\)-connected plane graph admits a facial rainbow edge-coloring with at most \(\text{L}(G)+2\) colors, moreover, this bound is tight for \(\text{L}(G)=3\). He also proved that \(\text{erb}(G) = \text{L}(G)+1\) for \(\text{L}(G)\not\in\{3,4,5\}\). He posed the following conjecture: There is a simple \(3\)-connected plane graph \(G\) with \(\text{L}(G)=4\) and \(\text{erb}(G)=\text{L}(G)+2\). In this note we answer the conjecture in the affirmative.

scholarly journals Bisected vertex leveling of plane graphs: Braid index, arc index and delta diagrams

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (08) ◽  
pp. 1850044
Author(s):  
Sungjong No ◽  
Seungsang Oh ◽  
Hyungkee Yoo
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Plane Graph ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Crossing Number ◽  
Index Formula ◽  
Plane Graphs ◽  
Planar Embedding ◽  
Braid Index ◽  
Arc Index

In this paper, we introduce a bisected vertex leveling of a plane graph. Using this planar embedding, we present elementary proofs of the well-known upper bounds in terms of the minimal crossing number on braid index [Formula: see text] and arc index [Formula: see text] for any knot or non-split link [Formula: see text], which are [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. We also find a quadratic upper bound of the minimal crossing number of delta diagrams of [Formula: see text].

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