Dross–Montassier–Pinlou conjecture on feedback vertex sets in large-girth planar graphs

Let GG be a planar graph of girth at least gg, and let e(G)e(G) be its number of edges. Let fvs(G)\mathrm{fvs}(G) denote the minimum size of a feedback vertex set of GG, that is, a vertex set whose deletion leaves a forest.

Dross–Montassier–Pinlou conjecture. Every planar graph GG of girth at least gg satisfies

fvs(G)e(G)g.\mathrm{fvs}(G)\leq \frac{e(G)}{g}.

The abstract states that this conjecture is confirmed in the paper, so it is solved.

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Primary source

Sirui Chen, Jiaao Li and Zhouningxin Wang, “Frustration index of a signed planar graph and the feedback vertex set”, arXiv:2607.17983 (2026).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2016–2026). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1603.04559.

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