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INIMUM
K
-C
UT
I
NSTANCE
: Graph
, a weight function
, and an integer
.
S
OLUTION
: A partition of
V
into
k
disjoint sets
.
M
EASURE
: The sum of the weight of the edges between the disjoint sets, i.e.,
Good News:
Approximable within
[
315
].
Comment:
Solvable in polynomial time
for fixed
k
[
138
]. If the sets in the partition are restricted to be of equal size, the problem is approximable within
[
315
]. The unweighted problem admits a PTAS if every vertex has degree
[
24
].
Viggo Kann
Mon Apr 21 13:07:14 MET DST 1997