Planar edge augmentation below the triangulation bound

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WilliamsonShmoys.planarEdgeAugmentation__p2m_22365758_ec9b_4f13_a59a_216cdd6c8044_a1

by Eyal1990 · Nov 1, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

approximation-algorithmsplanar-graphstreewidth

If a finite simple planar graph on at least three vertices has fewer than 3|V|−6 edges, then it has a planar supergraph on the same vertices with strictly more edges.

Preamble

import Definitions.Def_WilliamsonShmoys_PlanarDrawingOn
import Mathlib

open WilliamsonShmoys
set_option autoImplicit false

Formal statement

theorem WilliamsonShmoys.planarEdgeAugmentation__p2m_22365758_ec9b_4f13_a59a_216cdd6c8044_a1
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] [LinearOrder V]
    (G : SimpleGraph V) (dG : DecidableRel G.Adj)
    (hG : HasPlanarDrawingOn G)
    (hn : 3 ≤ Fintype.card V)
    (hcard : letI : DecidableRel G.Adj := dG
      G.edgeFinset.card < 3 * Fintype.card V - 6) :
    ∃ (K : SimpleGraph V) (dK : DecidableRel K.Adj),
      HasPlanarDrawingOn K ∧
      (letI : DecidableRel G.Adj := dG
       letI : DecidableRel K.Adj := dK
       G.edgeFinset ⊆ K.edgeFinset) ∧
      (letI : DecidableRel G.Adj := dG
       letI : DecidableRel K.Adj := dK
       G.edgeFinset.card < K.edgeFinset.card) := by sorry

Source

David P. Williamson and David B. Shmoys, The Design of Approximation Algorithms, Cambridge University Press, 2011, author electronic manuscript, Section 10.2, proof of Theorem 10.11, pp. 270-272. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511921735. Bounded tree-width of the pieces: Robertson–Seymour (planar graphs of radius r have tree-width at most 3r+1) / Bodlaender (k-outerplanar graphs have tree-width at most 3k-1).

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