Bounded-distortion L1 embeddings of planar and bounded-treewidth graphs. Resolves the planar and bounded-treewidth cases of the Gupta–Newman–Rabinovich–Sinclair conjecture. Shortest-path metrics of finite connected graphs with arbitrary positive edge lengths embed into real L1 with universal distortion for planar graphs, and distortion depending only on treewidth for bounded-treewidth graphs. The corresponding multicommodity flow–cut gaps are uniformly bounded.
released 2026-09-23 | 2 theorems · 27 lemmas · 35 proofs · 22,657 words |
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We prove that every finite connected planar graph with arbitrary positive real edge lengths embeds into real L1 with a universal distortion bound. This resolves the planar embedding conjecture positively.
released 2026-09-23 | 3 theorems · 16 lemmas · 21 proofs · 13,816 words |
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For every fixed treewidth bound, the shortest-path metrics of finite connected graphs with arbitrary positive real edge lengths embed into real L1 with uniformly bounded distortion. This resolves the bounded-treewidth case of the Gupta–Newman–Rabinovich–Sinclair conjecture positively.