Lower bounds from the graph-ordering hypothesis #
Root the component of a vertex r and split it. The split graph is a connected loopless
multigraph of maximum degree three, so the graph-ordering hypothesis gives an ordering whose
prefix cuts are small. If every ordering of the split graph also has a prefix cut with at
least h edges, as the cut lemmas show for the split graphs of superconcentrators,
concentrators and hyperconcentrators, then h ≤ (A + η) (K - n)⁺ + 3 log₂ (2 K) + C for K
kept edges and n vertices with a slot (le_of_orderingBound_split): the split graph has
2 K vertices, and its edges minus vertices are K - n. A connected multigraph has at least
its number of vertices minus one edges, so also n ≤ K + 1.
If at least T vertices have a slot, then K - n ≤ M - T for M edges. When T sources
of in-degree zero have a slot and every vertex has in-degree at most two, the kept edges enter
non-source vertices with a slot, at most two each, which gives K - n ≤ (V - T) - T.
Every input of a superconcentrator reaches every output, so all terminals lie in the
component of the first input, all have a slot, and T = 2 N.
Numeric lemmas turn these bounds into asymptotic ones: if Q is less than
(D + 1/A - ε) N, the log term must absorb (A ε / 2) N, which fails for large N.
Connected multigraphs #
A connected multigraph has at least its number of vertices minus one edges.
Slots at the ends of walks #
The first vertex of a directed walk with distinct ends, in the component of r, has a kept
edge leaving it.
The last vertex of a directed walk with distinct ends, in the component of r, has a kept
edge entering it.
The core inequality #
The vertices with a slot number at most one more than the kept edges: the split graph is connected.
Core inequality. If every linear order of the split graph of the component of r has a
lower set whose cut has at least h edges, then h ≤ (A + η) (K - n)⁺ + 3 log₂ (2 K) + C for
K kept edges and n vertices with a slot.
The edge form of the core inequality. If at least T vertices have a slot, then
h ≤ (A + η) (M - T)⁺ + 3 log₂ (2 M) + C for M edges.
The edge baseline. If at least T vertices have a slot, the multigraph has at least
T - 1 edges.
The vertex form of the core inequality. If the T vertices source i are distinct,
have a slot and in-degree zero, and every vertex has in-degree at most two, then
h ≤ (A + η) ((V - T) - T)⁺ + 3 log₂ (4 (V - T)) + C.
The terminals of a superconcentrator #
The 2 N terminals are distinct.
Every input is joined to the first input by an undirected walk.
Every input has a kept edge leaving it.
Every output has a kept edge entering it.
The component of the first input has a kept edge.
The cut lemma holds in the split graph of the component of the first input.
The 2 N terminals have a slot.
Core inequality. For K the kept edges of the component of the first input and n
the vertices with a slot, N ≤ (A + η) (K - n)⁺ + 3 log₂ (2 K) + C.
The finite bound.
The finite bound for connected superconcentrators.
The finite bound under in-degree two. If the inputs have in-degree zero and every
vertex has in-degree at most two, then N ≤ (A + η) ((V - N) - N)⁺ + 3 log₂ (4 (V - N)) + C.
Asymptotics #
Numeric core with a baseline. Let 0 ≤ h ≤ n, base ≤ D n, base - 1 ≤ Q and
0 ≤ Q. If h ≤ (A + A² ε/2) (Q - base)⁺ + 3 log₂ (B Q) + C, then base + h/A - ε n ≤ Q for
all large n. The baseline covers small h, where the log term need not be absorbed.
The asymptotic edge bound for a general ordering coefficient.
The asymptotic vertex bound under in-degree two, for a general ordering coefficient.