# Graph algorithm

## A Note on Isolating Cut Lemma for Submodular Function Minimization

It has been observed independently by many researchers that the isolating cut lemma of Li and Panigrahi [FOCS 2020] can be easily extended to obtain new algorithms for finding the non-trivial minimizer of a symmetric submodular function and solving the hypergraph minimum cut problem. This note contains these observations.

## Work-Optimal Parallel Minimum Cuts for Non-Sparse Graphs

We present the first work-optimal polylogarithmic-depth parallel algorithm for the minimum cut problem on non-sparse graphs. For $m\geq n^{1+\epsilon}$ for any constant $\epsilon>0$, our algorithm requires $O(m \log n)$ work and $O(\log^3 n)$ depth and succeeds with high probability. Its work matches the best $O(m \log n)$ runtime for sequential algorithms [MN STOC’20; GMW SOSA’21]. This improves the previous best work by Geissmann and Gianinazzi [SPAA’18] by $O(\log^3 n)$ factor, while matching the depth of their algorithm.