Extend a planar drawing to an edge-maximal planar supergraph

Proved

WilliamsonShmoys.planar_drawing_extends_to_edge_maximal__p2m_a40304d1_03ef_470a_a877_21a5de02f724_a1

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

approximation-algorithmsplanar-graphstreewidth

Every graph with a crossing-free drawing on a finite ordered vertex set has a planar supergraph on the same vertices that is maximal among planar supergraphs.

Preamble

import Definitions.Def_WilliamsonShmoys_PlanarDrawingOn
import Mathlib
open WilliamsonShmoys
set_option autoImplicit false

Formal statement

theorem WilliamsonShmoys.planar_drawing_extends_to_edge_maximal__p2m_a40304d1_03ef_470a_a877_21a5de02f724_a1 {V : Type} [Fintype V] [LinearOrder V] (L : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel L.Adj] (hL : HasPlanarDrawingOn L) (hcard : 3 ≤ Fintype.card V) : ∃ H : SimpleGraph V, ∃ (dH : DecidableRel H.Adj), (letI : DecidableRel H.Adj := dH; L.edgeFinset ⊆ H.edgeFinset ∧ HasPlanarDrawingOn H ∧ (∀ K : SimpleGraph V, (∀ u v, H.Adj u v → K.Adj u v) → HasPlanarDrawingOn K → ∀ u v, K.Adj u v → H.Adj u v)) := 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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