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\chapter{Notation}

{\obeylines\parskip=0pt
\def\n#1#2{\>\hbox to 6em{#1 \dotfill} #2}
\def\[#1]{~{\it(\ref{#1})}}
\n{$\bb R$}{the set of all real numbers}
\n{$\bb N$}{the set of all natural numbers, including 0}
\n{${\bb N}^+$}{the set of all positive integers}
\n{$\O(g)$}{asymptotic~$O$: $f=\O(g)$ iff $\exists c>0: f(n)\le g(n)$ for all~$n\ge n_0$}
\n{$\Omega(g)$}{asymptotic~$\Omega$: $f=\Omega(g)$ iff $\exists c>0: f(n)\ge g(n)$ for all~$n\ge n_0$}
\n{$\Theta(g)$}{asymptotic~$\Theta$: $f=\Theta(g)$ iff $f=\O(g)$ and $f=\Omega(g)$}
\n{$\widetilde\O(g)$}{$f=\widetilde\O(g)$ iff $f=\O(g\cdot\log^{\O(1)} g)$}
\n{$\poly(n)$}{$f=\poly(n)$ iff $f=\O(n^c)$ for some $c$}
\n{$T[u,v]$}{the path in a tree~$T$ joining vertices $u$ and $v$ \[heavy]}
\n{$T[e]$}{the path in a tree~$T$ joining the endpoints of an~edge~$e$ \[heavy]}
\n{$A\symdiff B$}{symetric difference of sets: $(A\setminus B) \cup (B\setminus A)$}
\n{$G-e$}{graph $G$ with edge $e$ removed}
\n{$G+e$}{graph $G$ with edge $e$ added}
\n{$w(e)$}{weight of an edge $e$}
\n{$V(G)$}{set of vertices of a graph~$G$}
\n{$E(G)$}{set of edges of a graph~$G$}
\n{$n(G)$}{number of vertices of a graph~$G$, that is $\vert V(G)\vert$}
\n{$m(G)$}{number of edges of a graph~$G$, that is $\vert E(G)\vert$}
\n{$V,E,n,m$}{when used without $(G)$, they refer to the input of the current algorithm}
\n{$G[U]$}{subgraph induced by a~set $U\subset V(G)$}
\n{$\delta_G(U)$}{all edges connecting $U\subset V(G)$ with $V(G)\setminus U$; we usually omit the~$G$}
\n{$\delta_G(v)$}{the edges of a one-vertex cut, i.e., $\delta_G(\{v\})$}
\n{MST}{minimum spanning tree \[mstdef]}
\n{MSF}{minimum spanning forest \[mstdef]}
\n{$\mst(G)$}{the unique minimum spanning tree of a graph~$G$ \[mstnota]}
\n{$\msf(G)$}{the unique minimum spanning forest of a graph~$G$ \[mstnota]}
\n{$X \choose k$}{the set of all $k$-element subsets of a set~$X$}
\n{$G/e$}{multigraph contraction \[contract]}
\n{$G.e$}{simple graph contraction \[simpcont]}
\n{$G/X$, $G.X$}{contraction by a~set $X$ of vertices or edges \[setcont]}
\n{$\alpha(n)$}{the inverse Ackermann's function}
\n{$f[X]$}{function applied to a set: $f[X]:=\{ f(x) ; x\in X \}$}
\n{$f[e]$}{as edges are two-element sets, $f[e]$ maps both endpoints of an edge~$e$}
\n{$\varrho({\cal C})$}{edge density of a graph class~$\cal C$ \[density]}
\n{$\deg_G(v)$}{degree of vertex~$v$ in graph~$G$; we omit $G$ if it is clear from context}
\n{${\E}X$}{expected value of a~random variable~$X$}
\n{${\rm Pr}[\varphi]$}{probability that a predicate~$\varphi$ is true}
\n{$\log n$}{a binary logarithm of the number~$n$}
\n{$f^{(i)}$}{function~$f$ iterated $i$~times: $f^{(0)}(x):=x$, $f^{(i+1)}(x):=f(f^{(i)}(x))$}
\n{$2\tower n$}{the tower function (iterated exponential): $2\tower 0:=1$, $2\tower (n+1):=2^{2\tower n}$}
\n{$\log^* n$}{the iterated logarithm: $\log^*n := \min\{i: \log^{(i)}n \le 1\}$; the inverse of~$2\tower n$}
\n{$\beta(m,n)$}{$\beta(m,n) := \min\{i: \log^{(i)}n \le m/n \}$ \[itjarthm]}
\n{$W$}{word size of the RAM \[wordsize]}
\n{$\(x)$}{number~$x\in{\bb N}$ written in binary \[bitnota]}
\n{$\(x)_b$}{$\(x)$ zero-padded to exactly $b$ bits \[bitnota]}
\n{$x[i]$}{when $x\in{\bb N}$: the value of the $i$-th bit of~$x$ \[bitnota]}
\n{$x[B]$}{when $x\in{\bb N}$: the values of the bits at positions in the set~$B$ \[qhnota]}
\n{$\pi[i]$}{when $\pi$ is a~sequence: the $i$-th element of~$\pi$, starting with $\pi[1]$ \[brackets]}
\n{$\pi[i\ldots j]$}{the subsequence $\pi[i], \pi[i+1], \ldots, \pi[j]$}
\n{$\sigma^k$}{the string~$\sigma$ repeated $k$~times \[bitnota]}
\n{$\0$, $\1$}{bits in a~bit string \[bitnota]}
\n{$\equiv$}{congruence modulo a~given number}
\n{$\<LSB>(x)$}{the position of the lowest bit set in~$x$ \[lsbmsb]}
\n{$\<MSB>(x)$}{the position of the highest bit set in~$x$ \[lsbmsb]}
\n{$\bf x$}{a~vector with elements $x_1,\ldots,x_d$; $x$ is its bitwise encoding \[vecnota]}
\n{$\band$}{bitwise conjunction: $(x\band y)[i]=1$ iff $x[i]=1 \land y[i]=1$}
\n{$\bor$}{bitwise disjunction: $(x\bor y)[i]=1$ iff $x[i]=1 \lor y[i]=1$}
\n{$\bnot$}{bitwise negation: $(\bnot x)[i]=1-x[i]$}
\n{$\bxor$}{bitwise non-equivalence: $(x\bxor y)[i]=1$ iff $x[i]\ne y[i]$}
\n{$x \shl n$}{bitwise shift of~$x$ by $n$~positions to the left: $x\shl n = x\cdot 2^n$}
\n{$x \shr n$}{bitwise shift of~$x$ by $n$~positions to the right: $x\shr n = \lfloor x/2^n \rfloor$}
\n{$R_{C,\prec}(x)$}{the rank of~$x$ in a~set~$C$ ordered by~$\prec$ \[rankdef]}
\n{$R^{-1}_{C,\prec}(i)$}{the unrank of~$i$: the $i$-th smallest element of a~set~$C$ ordered by~$\prec$ \[rankdef]}
\n{$[n]$}{the set $\{1,2,\ldots,n\}$ \[pranksect]}
\n{$L(\pi,A)$}{lexicographic ranking function for permutations on a~set~$A\subseteq{\bb N}$ \[brackets]}
\n{$L^{-1}(i,A)$}{lexicographic unranking function, the inverse of~$L$ \[brackets]}
\n{$n^{\underline k}$}{the $k$-th falling factorial power: $n\cdot(n-1)\cdot\ldots\cdot(n-k+1)$ \[kpranksect]}
\n{$H\minorof G$}{$H$ is a~minor of~$G$ \[minordef]}
\n{$K_k$}{the complete graph on~$k$ vertices}
\n{$C_k$}{the cycle on~$k$ vertices}
\n{${\cal P}_A$}{the set of all permutations on a~set~$A$ \[restnota]}
\n{${\cal P}_{A,M}$}{the set of all permutations on~$A$ satisfying the restrictions~$M$ \[restnota]}
\n{$N_0(M)$}{the number of permutations satisfying the restrictions~$M$ \[restnota]}
\n{$M^{i,j}$}{the matrix $M$ with $i$-th row and $j$-th column deleted \[restnota]}
\n{$D_n$}{the $n\times n$ matrix with $D[i,i]=0$ for all~$i$ and ones elsewhere else \[hatrank]}
\n{$\per M$}{the permanent of a~square matrix~$M$}
\n{$G\crpt R$}{graph~$G$ with edges in~$R$ corrupted \[corrnota]}
\n{$R^C$}{$R^C = R\cap \delta(C)$ \[corrnota]}
\n{${\cal D}(G)$}{The optimal MSF decision tree for a~graph~$G$ \[decdef]}
\n{$D(G)$}{The depth of ${\cal D}(G)$ \[decdef]}
\n{$D(m,n)$}{Decision tree complexity of MSF \[decdef]}
}

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\section{Multigraphs and contractions}

Since the formalism of multigraphs is not fixed in the literature, we will
better define it carefully, following \cite{diestel:gt}:

\defn A~\df{multigraph} is an ordered triple $(V,E,M)$, where $V$~is the
set of vertices, $E$~is the set of edges, taken as abstract objects disjoint
with the vertices, and $M$ is a mapping $E\rightarrow V \cup {V \choose 2}$
which assigns to each edge either a pair of vertices or a single vertex
(if the edge is a loop).

\proclaim{Notation}%
When the meaning is clear from the context, we use our notation originally
defined for graphs even for multigraphs. For example, $xy\in E(G)$ becomes a
shorthand for $\exists e\in E(G)$ such that $M(G)(e) = \{x,y\}$. Also, we
consider multigraphs with no multiple edges nor loops and simple graphs to be
the same objects, although they formally differ.

\defn\id{contract}%
Let $G=(V,E,M)$ be a multigraph and $e=xy$ its edge. \df{(Multigraph) contraction of~$G$ along~$e$}
produces a multigraph $G/e=(V',E',M')$ such that:
$$\eqalign{
V' &= (V(G) \setminus \{x,y\}) \cup \{v_e\},\quad\hbox{where $v_e$ is a new vertex,}\cr
E' &= E(G) - \{e\},\cr
M'(f) &= \{ m(v) ; v\in M(f) \} \quad\hbox{for every $f=\in E'$, and}\cr
m(x) &= \cases{v_e & \hbox{for $v=x,y,$}\cr v & \hbox{otherwise.}} \cr
}$$

Sometimes we need contraction for simple graphs as well. It corresponds to performing
the multigraph contraction, unifying parallel edges and deleting loops.

\defn\id{simpcont}%
Let $G=(V,E)$ a simple graph and $e=xy$ its edge. \df{(Simple graph) contraction of~$G$ along~$e$}
produces a graph $G.e=(V',E')$ such that:
$$\eqalign{
V' &= (V(G) \setminus \{x,y\}) \cup \{v_e\},\quad\hbox{where $v_e$ is a new vertex,}\cr
E' &= \{ \{m(x),m(y)\} ; xy\in E \land m(x)\ne m(y) \},\cr
m(x) &= \cases{v_e & \hbox{for $v=x,y,$}\cr v & \hbox{otherwise.}} \cr
}$$

\defn\id{setcont}%
We can also extend the above definitions to contractions by a~set of vertices or edges.
For $F\subseteq E(G)$, the graph $G/F$ is defined as $(G/f_1)/f_2/\ldots/f_k$ where
$f_1,\ldots,f_k$ are the elements of~$F$ (you can observe that the result
does not depend on the order of edges). For $U\subseteq V(G)$, we define $G/U$
as the graph with all vertices of~$U$ merged to a~single vertex, that is $(G\cup U^*)/U^*$,
where $U^*$ is the complete graph on~$U$. Similarly for $G.F$ and $G.U$.

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\section{Ackermann's function and its inverse}\id{ackersec}%

The Ackermann's function is an~extremely quickly growing function that has been
originally introduced by Ackermann \cite{ackermann:function} in the context of
computability theory. Its original purpose was to demonstrate that a~function
can be recursive, but not primitive recursive. At the first sight, it does not
seem related to efficient algorithms at all. Its inverse however occurs in
analysis of various algorithms and mathematical structures surprisingly often:
We meet it in Section \ref{classalg} in the time complexity of the Disjoint Set Union
data structure and also in the best known upper bound on the decision tree
complexity of minimum spanning trees in Section \ref{optalgsect}. Another
important application is the complexity of Davenport-Schinzel sequences (see
Klazar's survey \cite{klazar:gdss}), but as far as we know, it is not otherwise
related to the topic of our study.

Various sources tend to differ in the exact definition of both the Ackermann's
function and its inverse, but most of the definitions differ in factors that
are negligible when compared with the asymptotic growth of the function.
We will use the definition by double induction given by Tarjan \cite{tarjan:setunion},
which is predominant in the literature on graph algorithms:

\defn
The \df{Ackermann's function} $A(x,y)$ is a~function on non-negative integers defined as:
$$\eqalign{
A(0,y) &:= 2y, \cr
A(x,0) &:= 0, \cr
A(x,1) &:= 2 \quad \hbox{for $x\ge 1$}, \cr
A(x,y) &:= A(x-1, A(x,y-1)) \quad \hbox{for $x\ge 1$, $y\ge 2$}. \cr
}$$
Sometimes, a~single-parameter version of this function is also used. It is defined
as the diagonal of the previous function, i.e., $A(x):=A(x,x)$.

\example
We can try evaluating $A(x,y)$ in some points:
$$\eqalign{
A(x,2) &= A(x-1, A(x,1)) = A(x-1,2) = A(0,2) = 4, \cr
A(1,y) &= A(0, A(1,y-1)) = 2A(1,y-1) = 2^{y-1}A(1,1) = 2^y, \cr
A(2,y) &= A(1, A(2,y-1)) = 2^{A(2,y-1)} = 2\tower y. \cr
A(3,y) &= \hbox{the tower function iterated $y$~times \dots} \cr
A(4,3) &= A(3,A(4,2)) = A(3,4) = A(2,A(3,3)) = A(2,A(2,A(3,2))) = \cr
       &= A(2,A(2,4)) = 2\tower(2\tower 4) = 2\tower 65536. \cr
}$$

\defn
The \df{Inverse Ackermann's function} $\alpha(x,y)$ is defined as:
$$
\alpha(x,n) := \min\{ y \mid A(x,y) > \log n \}.
$$
Again, a~single-parameter version is occasionally considered:
$$
\alpha(n) := \min\{ x \mid A(x,x) > \log n \}.
$$

\example
$\alpha(1,n) = \O(\log\log n)$, $\alpha(2,n) = \O(\log^* n)$, $\alpha(3,n)$ grows even slower.

\obs
As the rows of the function~$A$ are increasing, we have $A(x,y) \ge A(x,x) = A(x)$ for $y\ge x$

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