Title
A linear-time algorithm for finding a complete graph minor in a dense graph
Abstract
Let g(t) be the minimum number such that every graph G with average degree d(G) >= g(t) contains a K-t-minor. Such a function is known to exist, as originally shown by Mader. Kostochka and Thomason independently proved that g(t) is an element of Theta(t root log t). This paper shows that for all fixed epsilon > 0 and fixed sufficiently large t >= t(epsilon), if d(G) >= (2 + epsilon) g(t), then we can find this K-t-minor in linear time. This improves a previous result by Reed and Wood who gave a linear-time algorithm when d(G) >= 2(t-2).
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1137/120866725
SIAM JOURNAL ON DISCRETE MATHEMATICS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
algorithm,graph minor
Journal
27
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
4
0895-4801
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
9
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Vida Dujmovic141643.34
Daniel J. Harvey2988.70
Gwenaël Joret319628.64
Bruce A. Reed41311122.69
David R. Wood5107396.22