Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests

Pach J, Saghafian M, Schnider P. 2024. Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests. 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization. GD: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, LNCS, vol. 14465, 339–346.

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We solve a problem of Dujmović and Wood (2007) by showing that a complete convex geometric graph on n vertices cannot be decomposed into fewer than n-1 star-forests, each consisting of noncrossing edges. This bound is clearly tight. We also discuss similar questions for abstract graphs.
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2024-01-01
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31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
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Springer Nature
Acknowledgement
János Pach’s Research partially supported by European Research Council (ERC), grant “GeoScape” No. 882971 and by the Hungarian Science Foundation (NKFIH), grant K-131529. Work by Morteza Saghafian is partially supported by the European Research Council (ERC), grant No. 788183, and by the Wittgenstein Prize, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), grant No. Z 342-N31.
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14465
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339-346
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GD: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization
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Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy
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2023-09-20 – 2023-09-22
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Pach J, Saghafian M, Schnider P. Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests. In: 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization. Vol 14465. Springer Nature; 2024:339-346. doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49272-3_23
Pach, J., Saghafian, M., & Schnider, P. (2024). Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests. In 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization (Vol. 14465, pp. 339–346). Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy: Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49272-3_23
Pach, János, Morteza Saghafian, and Patrick Schnider. “Decomposition of Geometric Graphs into Star-Forests.” In 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, 14465:339–46. Springer Nature, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49272-3_23.
J. Pach, M. Saghafian, and P. Schnider, “Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests,” in 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, Isola delle Femmine, Palermo, Italy, 2024, vol. 14465, pp. 339–346.
Pach J, Saghafian M, Schnider P. 2024. Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests. 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization. GD: Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, LNCS, vol. 14465, 339–346.
Pach, János, et al. “Decomposition of Geometric Graphs into Star-Forests.” 31st International Symposium on Graph Drawing and Network Visualization, vol. 14465, Springer Nature, 2024, pp. 339–46, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-49272-3_23.
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