Stronger Directed Low-Diameter Decompositions with Sub-Logarithmic Diameter and Separation

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Main Authors: Haeupler, Bernhard, Hladík, Richard, Wang, Shengzhe, Zhang, Zhijun
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Published: 2025
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author Haeupler, Bernhard
Hladík, Richard
Wang, Shengzhe
Zhang, Zhijun
author_facet Haeupler, Bernhard
Hladík, Richard
Wang, Shengzhe
Zhang, Zhijun
contents This paper significantly strengthens directed low-diameter decompositions in several ways. We define and give the first results for separated low-diameter decompositions in directed graphs, tighten and generalize probabilistic guarantees, and prove new independence results between (far away) edges. Our results are the first to give meaningful guarantees for decompositions with small diameters $D = Ω(\log\log n)$ in contrast to the state of the art that only applies to super-logarithmic diameters $D = ω(\log n)$. These results transfer several important and widely used aspects of undirected low-diameter decompositions to the directed setting. All our results are algorithmic -- small modifications to two existing directed low-diameter decompositions [BFHL25; Li25] can be used to sample decompositions with our new guarantees in near-linear time $\tilde{O}(m)$.
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spellingShingle Stronger Directed Low-Diameter Decompositions with Sub-Logarithmic Diameter and Separation
Haeupler, Bernhard
Hladík, Richard
Wang, Shengzhe
Zhang, Zhijun
Data Structures and Algorithms
This paper significantly strengthens directed low-diameter decompositions in several ways. We define and give the first results for separated low-diameter decompositions in directed graphs, tighten and generalize probabilistic guarantees, and prove new independence results between (far away) edges. Our results are the first to give meaningful guarantees for decompositions with small diameters $D = Ω(\log\log n)$ in contrast to the state of the art that only applies to super-logarithmic diameters $D = ω(\log n)$. These results transfer several important and widely used aspects of undirected low-diameter decompositions to the directed setting. All our results are algorithmic -- small modifications to two existing directed low-diameter decompositions [BFHL25; Li25] can be used to sample decompositions with our new guarantees in near-linear time $\tilde{O}(m)$.
title Stronger Directed Low-Diameter Decompositions with Sub-Logarithmic Diameter and Separation
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24565