Perfect Matchings with Crossings
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For sets of n points, n even, in general position in the plane, we consider straight-line drawings of perfect matchings on them. It is well known that such sets admit at least Cn/2 different plane perfect matchings, where Cn/2 is the n/2-th Catalan number. Generalizing this result we are interested in the number of drawings of perfect matchings which have k crossings. We show the following results. (1) For every k≤164n2-3532nn+122564n , any set with n points, n sufficiently large, admits a perfect matching with exactly k crossings. (2) There exist sets of n points where every perfect matching has at most 572n2-n4 crossings. (3) The number of perfect matchings with at most k crossings is superexponential in n if k is superlinear in n. (4) Point sets in convex position minimize the number of perfect matchings with at most k crossings for k= 0 , 1 , 2 , and maximize the number of perfect matchings with (n/22) crossings and with (n/22)-1 crossings.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Algorithmica |
Volume | 86 |
Pages (from-to) | 697–716 |
ISSN | 0178-4617 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
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- Combinatorial geometry, Crossings, Geometric graphs, Order types, Perfect matchings
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