The Edge Rotation Graph

Let P be a set of n points on the plane in general position, n ≥  3. The edge rotation graph ${\mathcal{E} \mathcal{R} \mathcal{G}(P,k)}$ of P is the graph whose vertices are the plane geometric graphs on P with exactly k edges, two of which are adjacent if one can be obtained from the other by an edge rotation. In this paper we study some structural properties of ${\mathcal{E} \mathcal{R} \mathcal{G}(P,k)}$ , such as its connectivity and diameter. We show that if the vertices of ${\mathcal{E} \mathcal{R} \mathcal{G}(P,k)}$ are not triangulations of P, then it is connected and has diameter O(n ²). We also show that the chromatic number of ${\mathcal{E} \mathcal{R} \mathcal{G}(P,k)}$ is O(n), and show how to compute an implicit coloring of its vertices. We also study edge rotations in edge-labelled geometric graphs.