A direct decomposition of 3-connected planar graphs

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Contributors

  • Manuel Bodirsky - , Humboldt University of Berlin (Author)
  • Clemens Gröpl - , Free University of Berlin (Author)
  • Daniel Johannsen - , Humboldt University of Berlin (Author)
  • Mihyun Kang - , Humboldt University of Berlin (Author)

Abstract

We present a decomposition strategy for c-nets, i. e., rooted 3-connected planar maps. The decomposition yields an algebraic equation for the number of c-nets with a given number of vertices and a given size of the outer face. The decomposition also leads to a deterministic and polynomial time algorithm to sample c-nets uniformly at random. Using rejection sampling, we can also sample isomorphism types of convex polyhedra, i.e., 3-connected planar graphs, uniformly at random.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages459-470
Number of pages12
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

Conference

Title17th Annual International Conference on Algebraic Combinatorics and Formal Power Series, FPSAC'05
Duration20 - 25 June 2005
CityTaormina
CountryItaly

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8228-3611/work/166763837

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ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • Algorithms, Planar graphs, Random sampling