Treewidth 2 in the Planar Graph Product Structure Theorem

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Main Authors: Distel, Marc, Hendrey, Kevin, Karol, Nikolai, Wood, David R., Yip, Jung Hon
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Published: 2024
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author Distel, Marc
Hendrey, Kevin
Karol, Nikolai
Wood, David R.
Yip, Jung Hon
author_facet Distel, Marc
Hendrey, Kevin
Karol, Nikolai
Wood, David R.
Yip, Jung Hon
contents We prove that every planar graph is contained in $H_1\boxtimes H_2\boxtimes K_2$ for some graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$ both with treewidth 2. This resolves a question of Liu, Norin and Wood [arXiv:2410.20333]. We also show this result is best possible: for any $c \in \mathbb{N}$, there is a planar graph $G$ such that for any tree $T$ and graph $H$ with $\text{tw}(H) \leqslant 2$, $G$ is not contained in $H \boxtimes T \boxtimes K_c$.
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spellingShingle Treewidth 2 in the Planar Graph Product Structure Theorem
Distel, Marc
Hendrey, Kevin
Karol, Nikolai
Wood, David R.
Yip, Jung Hon
Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
We prove that every planar graph is contained in $H_1\boxtimes H_2\boxtimes K_2$ for some graphs $H_1$ and $H_2$ both with treewidth 2. This resolves a question of Liu, Norin and Wood [arXiv:2410.20333]. We also show this result is best possible: for any $c \in \mathbb{N}$, there is a planar graph $G$ such that for any tree $T$ and graph $H$ with $\text{tw}(H) \leqslant 2$, $G$ is not contained in $H \boxtimes T \boxtimes K_c$.
title Treewidth 2 in the Planar Graph Product Structure Theorem
topic Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00343