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| author | Bekos, Michael A. Katsanou, Eleni Kindermann, Philipp Pavlidi, Maria Eleni |
| author_facet | Bekos, Michael A. Katsanou, Eleni Kindermann, Philipp Pavlidi, Maria Eleni |
| contents | In this work, we study the interplay between the number of slopes, the number of bends per edge, and the area requirements for planar drawings of bounded-degree graphs. Our motivation stems from the fact that, while numerous algorithms produce planar drawings with few slopes for graphs of relatively small degree in polynomial area, existing approaches for higher-degree graphs often require super-polynomial area. We address this gap in the literature by presenting new constructions that yield polynomial-area drawings with few bends per edge while slightly increasing the required number of slopes, thereby providing the first systematic study of slopes, bends and area trade-offs. |
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| spellingShingle | How Many Slopes Does Polynomial Area Cost? Bekos, Michael A. Katsanou, Eleni Kindermann, Philipp Pavlidi, Maria Eleni Computational Geometry In this work, we study the interplay between the number of slopes, the number of bends per edge, and the area requirements for planar drawings of bounded-degree graphs. Our motivation stems from the fact that, while numerous algorithms produce planar drawings with few slopes for graphs of relatively small degree in polynomial area, existing approaches for higher-degree graphs often require super-polynomial area. We address this gap in the literature by presenting new constructions that yield polynomial-area drawings with few bends per edge while slightly increasing the required number of slopes, thereby providing the first systematic study of slopes, bends and area trade-offs. |
| title | How Many Slopes Does Polynomial Area Cost? |
| topic | Computational Geometry |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.31098 |