Edge-Removal and Non-Crossing Configurations in Geometric Graphs

A geometric graph is a graph G = (V;E) drawn in the plane, such that V is a point set in general position and E is a set of straight-line segments whose endpoints belong to V . We study the following extremal problem for geometric graphs: How many arbitrary edges can be removed from a complete geome...

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Authors: Aichholzer, Oswin, Cabello, Sergio, Fabila Monroy, Ruy, Flores Peñaloza, David, Hackl, Thomas, Huemer, Clemens|||0000-0001-7557-0823, Hurtado Díaz, Fernando Alfredo|||0000-0002-0108-9671, Wood, David
Format: article
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/8079
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/8079
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Graph theory
Extremal graph theory
Geometric graph
Perfect matching
Spanning tree
Grafs, Teoria de
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica discreta::Teoria de grafs
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Summary:A geometric graph is a graph G = (V;E) drawn in the plane, such that V is a point set in general position and E is a set of straight-line segments whose endpoints belong to V . We study the following extremal problem for geometric graphs: How many arbitrary edges can be removed from a complete geometric graph with n vertices such that the remaining graph still contains a certain non-crossing subgraph. The non-crossing subgraphs that we consider are perfect matchings, subtrees of a given size, and triangulations. In each case, we obtain tight bounds on the maximum number of removable edges.