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Graph Algorithms (WT 2023/24) - tele-TASK

Graphs play a central role in the world of algorithms. For example, navigation devices use an algorithm to compute shortest paths on a graph to answer a route query. Many planning and assignment problems can also be easily modeled as problems on graphs. In principle, it is true that a great many problems can be thought of as graph problems, so designing efficient algorithms for such problems is an important subfield of theoretical computer science.In this lecture we will enter the world of graph algorithms. On the one hand, we will learn about important algorithmic problem classes on graphs and efficient algorithms to solve them. Among other things, we will look at finding shortest paths, flows, cuts, separators, and matchings in graphs. Algorithms for these problems have a wide variety of applications, making them an important and useful tool for any algorithmicist. On the other hand, we will also study how constraints on the graphs at hand affect the complexity of the problems a