Dynamic Generators of Topologically Embedded Graphs

dc.creatorEppstein, David
dc.date2002-07-24
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:18:43Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:18:43Z
dc.descriptionWe provide a data structure for maintaining an embedding of a graph on a surface (represented combinatorially by a permutation of edges around each vertex) and computing generators of the fundamental group of the surface, in amortized time O(log n + log g(log log g)^3) per update on a surface of genus g; we can also test orientability of the surface in the same time, and maintain the minimum and maximum spanning tree of the graph in time O(log n + log^4 g) per update. Our data structure allows edge insertion and deletion as well as the dual operations; these operations may implicitly change the genus of the embedding surface. We apply similar ideas to improve the constant factor in a separator theorem for low-genus graphs, and to find in linear time a tree-decomposition of low-genus low-diameter graphs.
dc.description13 pages, 2 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0207082
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0207082
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/31231
dc.subjectData Structures and Algorithms
dc.subjectF.2.2
dc.titleDynamic Generators of Topologically Embedded Graphs
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