Approximate Spanning Tree Counting from Uncorrelated Edge Sets

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Main Authors: Liu, Yang P., Peng, Richard, Yang, Junzhao
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Published: 2025
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author Liu, Yang P.
Peng, Richard
Yang, Junzhao
author_facet Liu, Yang P.
Peng, Richard
Yang, Junzhao
contents We show an $\widetilde{O}(m^{1.5} ε^{-1})$ time algorithm that on a graph with $m$ edges and $n$ vertices outputs its spanning tree count up to a multiplicative $(1+ε)$ factor with high probability, improving on the previous best runtime of $\widetilde{O}(m + n^{1.875}ε^{-7/4})$ in sparse graphs. While previous algorithms were based on computing Schur complements and determinantal sparsifiers, our algorithm instead repeatedly removes sets of uncorrelated edges found using the electrical flow localization theorem of Schild-Rao-Srivastava [SODA 2018].
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spellingShingle Approximate Spanning Tree Counting from Uncorrelated Edge Sets
Liu, Yang P.
Peng, Richard
Yang, Junzhao
Data Structures and Algorithms
We show an $\widetilde{O}(m^{1.5} ε^{-1})$ time algorithm that on a graph with $m$ edges and $n$ vertices outputs its spanning tree count up to a multiplicative $(1+ε)$ factor with high probability, improving on the previous best runtime of $\widetilde{O}(m + n^{1.875}ε^{-7/4})$ in sparse graphs. While previous algorithms were based on computing Schur complements and determinantal sparsifiers, our algorithm instead repeatedly removes sets of uncorrelated edges found using the electrical flow localization theorem of Schild-Rao-Srivastava [SODA 2018].
title Approximate Spanning Tree Counting from Uncorrelated Edge Sets
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.14666