A (Very) Nearly Optimal Sketch for $k$-Edge Connectivity Certificates

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Hauptverfasser: Sawettamalya, Pachara, Yu, Huacheng
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author Sawettamalya, Pachara
Yu, Huacheng
author_facet Sawettamalya, Pachara
Yu, Huacheng
contents In this note, we present a simple algorithm for computing a \emph{$k$-connectivity certificate} in dynamic graph streams. Our algorithm uses $O(n \log^2 n \cdot \max\{k, \log n \log k\})$ bits of space which improves upon the $O(kn \log^3 n)$-space algorithm of Ahn, Guha, and McGregor (SODA'12). For the values of $k$ that are truly sublinear, our space usage \emph{very nearly} matches the known lower bound $Ω(n \log^2 n \cdot \max\{k, \log n\})$ established by Nelson and Yu (SODA'19; implicit) and Robinson (DISC'24). In particular, our algorithm fully settles the space complexity at $Θ(kn \log^2{n})$ for $k = Ω(\log n \log \log n)$, and bridges the gap down to only a doubly-logarithmic factor of $O(\log \log n)$ for a smaller range of $k = o(\log n \log \log n)$.
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spellingShingle A (Very) Nearly Optimal Sketch for $k$-Edge Connectivity Certificates
Sawettamalya, Pachara
Yu, Huacheng
Data Structures and Algorithms
In this note, we present a simple algorithm for computing a \emph{$k$-connectivity certificate} in dynamic graph streams. Our algorithm uses $O(n \log^2 n \cdot \max\{k, \log n \log k\})$ bits of space which improves upon the $O(kn \log^3 n)$-space algorithm of Ahn, Guha, and McGregor (SODA'12). For the values of $k$ that are truly sublinear, our space usage \emph{very nearly} matches the known lower bound $Ω(n \log^2 n \cdot \max\{k, \log n\})$ established by Nelson and Yu (SODA'19; implicit) and Robinson (DISC'24). In particular, our algorithm fully settles the space complexity at $Θ(kn \log^2{n})$ for $k = Ω(\log n \log \log n)$, and bridges the gap down to only a doubly-logarithmic factor of $O(\log \log n)$ for a smaller range of $k = o(\log n \log \log n)$.
title A (Very) Nearly Optimal Sketch for $k$-Edge Connectivity Certificates
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.16336