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Decomposition of geometric graphs into star-forests

Pach, János  
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Saghafian, Morteza
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Schnider, Patrick
December 1, 2025
Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications

We solve a problem of Dujmović and Wood (2007) by showing that a complete convex geometric graph on n vertices cannot be decomposed into fewer than n−1 star-forests, each consisting of noncrossing edges. This bound is clearly tight. We also discuss similar questions for abstract graphs.

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research article
DOI
10.1016/j.comgeo.2025.102186
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-105001555771

Author(s)
Pach, János  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Saghafian, Morteza

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)

Schnider, Patrick

ETH Zürich

Date Issued

2025-12-01

Published in
Computational Geometry: Theory and Applications
Volume

129

Article Number

102186

Subjects

Geometric graphs

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Graph decomposition

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Graph thickness

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Star forests

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
PH-SB  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Hungarian Science Foundation

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

European Research Council

882971

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