Exact algorithm for the maximum induced planar subgraph problem

  • Authors:
  • Fedor V. Fomin;Ioan Todinca;Yngve Villanger

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;LIFO, Université d'Orléans, Orléans cedes, France;Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  • Venue:
  • ESA'11 Proceedings of the 19th European conference on Algorithms
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

We prove that in an n-vertex graph, an induced planar subgraph of maximum size can be found in time O(1.7347n). This is the first algorithm breaking the trivial 2nnO(1) bound of the brute-force search algorithm for the MAXIMUM INDUCED PLANAR SUBGRAPH problem.