Drawable graph extends to a triangulation

Proved

WilliamsonShmoys.planar_graph_extends_to_triangulation__p2m_7d8f15aa_1389_4e26_88fc_ab77a83aea4e_a2

by Eyal1990 · Oct 31, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

approximation-algorithmsplanar-graphstreewidth

Any drawable finite simple graph with at least three vertices is a subgraph of a drawable graph on the same vertices with exactly 3|V|−6 edges.

Preamble

import Definitions.Def_WilliamsonShmoys_PlanarDrawingOn

set_option autoImplicit false

Formal statement

theorem WilliamsonShmoys.planar_graph_extends_to_triangulation__p2m_7d8f15aa_1389_4e26_88fc_ab77a83aea4e_a2
    {V : Type} [Fintype V] [LinearOrder V]
    (M : SimpleGraph V)
    (hcard : 3 ≤ Fintype.card V)
    (hM : WilliamsonShmoys.HasPlanarDrawingOn M) :
    ∃ N : SimpleGraph V, M ≤ N ∧
      WilliamsonShmoys.HasPlanarDrawingOn N ∧
      N.edgeSet.ncard = 3 * Fintype.card V - 6 := 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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