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Face boundary counts from a planar drawing

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WilliamsonShmoys.planar_drawing_face_boundary_count__p2m_e743f516_2fe6_4f90_ae81_e51127ac517d_a3

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

approximation-algorithmsplanar-graphstreewidth

Extract the face boundary lengths of the connected drawing. Every length is at least three, their sum is twice the number of edges, and Euler's relation holds.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_WilliamsonShmoys_PlanarDrawingOn
import Mathlib.Combinatorics.SimpleGraph.Connectivity.Connected
Formal statement
theorem WilliamsonShmoys.planar_drawing_face_boundary_count__p2m_e743f516_2fe6_4f90_ae81_e51127ac517d_a3 {V : Type} [Fintype V] [LinearOrder V] (M : SimpleGraph V) [DecidableRel M.Adj] (hM : WilliamsonShmoys.HasPlanarDrawingOn M) (hconn : M.Connected) (hcard : Nat.le 3 (Fintype.card V)) : Exists (fun lengths : List Nat => And (forall l : Nat, List.Mem l lengths -> Nat.le 3 l) (And (lengths.sum = 2 * M.edgeFinset.card) (Fintype.card V + lengths.length = M.edgeFinset.card + 2))) := 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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