Improved lower bounds on book crossing numbers of complete graphs
Abstract
A "book with k pages" consists of a straight line (the "spine") and k half-planes (the "pages"), such that the boundary of each page is the spine. If a graph is drawn on a book with k pages in such a way that the vertices lie on the spine, and each edge is contained in a page, the result is a k-page book drawing (or simply a k-page drawing). The k-page crossing number nuk(G) of a graph G is the minimum number of crossings in a k-page drawing of G. In this paper we investigate the k-page crossing numbers of complete graphs Kn. We use semidefinite programming techniques to give improved lower bounds on nuk(Kn) for various values of k. We also use a maximum satisfiability reformulation to calculate the exact value of nuk(Kn) for several values of k and n. Finally, we investigate the best construction known for drawing Kn in k pages, calculate the resulting number of crossings, and discuss this upper bound in the light of the new results reported in this paper.
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