Abstract

In a total order of the vertices of a graph, two edges with no endpoint in common can be \emphcrossing, \emphnested, or \emphdisjoint. A \emphk-stack (respectively, \emphk-queue, \emphk-arch) \emphlayout of a graph consists of a total order of the vertices, and a partition of the edges into k sets of pairwise non-crossing (non-nested, non-disjoint) edges. Motivated by numerous applications, stack layouts (also called \emphbook embeddings) and queue layouts are widely studied in the literature, while this is the first paper to investigate arch layouts.\par Our main result is a characterisation of k-arch graphs as the \emphalmost (k+1)-colourable graphs; that is, the graphs G with a set S of at most k vertices, such that G S is (k+1)-colourable.\par In addition, we survey the following fundamental questions regarding each type of layout, and in the case of queue layouts, provide simple proofs of a number of existing results. How does one partition the edges given a fixed ordering of the vertices? What is the maximum number of edges in each type of layout? What is the maximum chromatic number of a graph admitting each type of layout? What is the computational complexity of recognising the graphs that admit each type of layout?\par A comprehensive bibliography of all known references on these topics is included. \par

Highlights

  • We consider undirected, finite, simple graphs G with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G)

  • A graph G is almost k-colourable if there is a set S ⊆ V (G) of at most k − 1 vertices such that G \ S is k-colourable

  • The Four Colour Theorem and Theorem 1 imply that all planar graphs have arch-number at most three

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Summary

Introduction

Finite, simple graphs G with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G). We write V1

Fixed Vertex Orderings
Arch Layout Characterisation
Computational Complexity
Extremal Questions
Biconnected Components
A Bound on the Queue-Number
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