New lower bounds on crossing numbers of Km,n from semidefinite programming

In this paper, we use semidefinite programming and representation theory to compute new lower bounds on the crossing number of the complete bipartite graph  K m , n , extending a method from de Klerk et al. (SIAM J Discrete Math 20:189–202, 2006) and the subsequent reduction by De Klerk, Pasechnik a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Mathematical programming Jg. 207; H. 1-2; S. 693 - 715
Hauptverfasser: Brosch, Daniel, C. Polak, Sven
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2024
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ISSN:0025-5610, 1436-4646
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper, we use semidefinite programming and representation theory to compute new lower bounds on the crossing number of the complete bipartite graph  K m , n , extending a method from de Klerk et al. (SIAM J Discrete Math 20:189–202, 2006) and the subsequent reduction by De Klerk, Pasechnik and Schrijver (Math Prog Ser A and B 109:613–624, 2007). We exploit the full symmetry of the problem using a novel decomposition technique. This results in a full block-diagonalization of the underlying matrix algebra, which we use to improve bounds on several concrete instances. Our results imply that cr ( K 10 , n ) ≥ 4.87057 n 2 - 10 n , cr ( K 11 , n ) ≥ 5.99939 n 2 - 12.5 n , cr ( K 12 , n ) ≥ 7.25579 n 2 - 15 n , cr ( K 13 , n ) ≥ 8.65675 n 2 - 18 n for all  n . The latter three bounds are computed using a new and well-performing relaxation of the original semidefinite programming bound. This new relaxation is obtained by only requiring one small matrix block to be positive semidefinite.
ISSN:0025-5610
1436-4646
DOI:10.1007/s10107-023-02028-1