# Diameter and Treewidth in Minor-Closed Graph Families

@article{Eppstein2000DiameterAT,
title={Diameter and Treewidth in Minor-Closed Graph Families},
author={D. Eppstein},
journal={Algorithmica},
year={2000},
volume={27},
pages={275-291}
}
• D. Eppstein
• Published 2000
• Mathematics, Computer Science
• Algorithmica
Abstract. It is known that any planar graph with diameter D has treewidth O(D) , and this fact has been used as the basis for several planar graph algorithms. We investigate the extent to which similar relations hold in other graph families. We show that treewidth is bounded by a function of the diameter in a minor-closed family, if and only if some apex graph does not belong to the family. In particular, the O(D) bound above can be extended to bounded-genus graphs. As a consequence, we extend… Expand
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