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Remark: 120-01. Almost-Linear-Time Maximum-Cardinality Matching in General Graphs

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Authors: OpenAI. Family 120.

Title: Almost-Linear-Time Maximum-Cardinality Matching in General Graphs.

Abstract: We prove that maximum-cardinality matching in a simple undirected graph with n vertices and m edges can be found by one uniform randomized algorithm in $(n+m){}{1+o(1)}$ time. The bound holds on every computation path in a logarithmic-word model, and the algorithm returns an explicit maximum matching with probability at least 2/3. An explicit reduction gives the same time and probability guarantees for deciding whether a simple host graph has a spanning subgraph with prescribed valid vertex degrees, and for finding one when it exists.

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