Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado
Faculty Sponsor
Oscar Levin
Abstract
We use methods from computability theory to answer questions about infinite planar graphs. A graph is computable if there is an algorithm, which decides whether given vertices are adjacent. Having a procedure for deciding the edge set might not help compute other properties or features of the graph, however. The goal of this paper is to investigate the extent to which features related to the planarity of a graph might or might not be computable. We propose three definitions for what it might mean for a computable graph to be computably planar and for each build a computable planar graph which fails to be computably planar. We also consider these definitions in the context of highly computable graphs, those for which there is an algorithm, which computes the degree of a given vertex.
Recommended Citation
McMillan, Patrick
(2016)
"Computing Planarity in Computable Planar Graphs,"
Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado: Vol. 6:
No.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://digscholarship.unco.edu/urj/vol6/iss1/2