{"paper":{"title":"Finding Even Cycles Faster via Capped k-Walks","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"cs.DS","authors_text":"Mathias B{\\ae}k Tejs Knudsen, Morten St\\\"ockel, S{\\o}ren Dahlgaard","submitted_at":"2017-03-30T09:39:22Z","abstract_excerpt":"In this paper, we consider the problem of finding a cycle of length $2k$ (a $C_{2k}$) in an undirected graph $G$ with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges for constant $k\\ge2$. A classic result by Bondy and Simonovits [J.Comb.Th.'74] implies that if $m \\ge100k n^{1+1/k}$, then $G$ contains a $C_{2k}$, further implying that one needs to consider only graphs with $m = O(n^{1+1/k})$.\n  Previously the best known algorithms were an $O(n^2)$ algorithm due to Yuster and Zwick [J.Disc.Math'97] as well as a $O(m^{2-(1+\\lceil k/2\\rceil^{-1})/(k+1)})$ algorithm by Alon et al. [Algorithmica'97].\n  We present an algori"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1703.10380","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}