A Quasi-Polynomial Time Algorithm for 3-Coloring Circle Graphs

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Autori principali: S, Ajaykrishnan E, Ganian, Robert, Lokshtanov, Daniel, Surianarayanan, Vaishali
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author S, Ajaykrishnan E
Ganian, Robert
Lokshtanov, Daniel
Surianarayanan, Vaishali
author_facet S, Ajaykrishnan E
Ganian, Robert
Lokshtanov, Daniel
Surianarayanan, Vaishali
contents A graph $G$ is a circle graph if it is an intersection graph of chords of a unit circle. We give an algorithm that takes as input an $n$ vertex circle graph $G$, runs in time at most $n^{O(\log n)}$ and finds a proper $3$-coloring of $G$, if one exists. As a consequence we obtain an algorithm with the same running time to determine whether a given ordered graph $(G, \prec)$ has a $3$-page book embedding. This gives a partial resolution to the well known open problem of Dujmović and Wood [Discret. Math. Theor. Comput. Sci. 2004], Eppstein [2014], and Bachmann, Rutter and Stumpf [J. Graph Algorithms Appl. 2024] of whether 3-Coloring on circle graphs admits a polynomial time algorithm.
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spellingShingle A Quasi-Polynomial Time Algorithm for 3-Coloring Circle Graphs
S, Ajaykrishnan E
Ganian, Robert
Lokshtanov, Daniel
Surianarayanan, Vaishali
Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Geometry
A graph $G$ is a circle graph if it is an intersection graph of chords of a unit circle. We give an algorithm that takes as input an $n$ vertex circle graph $G$, runs in time at most $n^{O(\log n)}$ and finds a proper $3$-coloring of $G$, if one exists. As a consequence we obtain an algorithm with the same running time to determine whether a given ordered graph $(G, \prec)$ has a $3$-page book embedding. This gives a partial resolution to the well known open problem of Dujmović and Wood [Discret. Math. Theor. Comput. Sci. 2004], Eppstein [2014], and Bachmann, Rutter and Stumpf [J. Graph Algorithms Appl. 2024] of whether 3-Coloring on circle graphs admits a polynomial time algorithm.
title A Quasi-Polynomial Time Algorithm for 3-Coloring Circle Graphs
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Computational Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09707