On the Geometry of Stable Steiner Tree Instances

James Freitag, Neshat Mohammadi, Aditya Potukuchi, Lev Reyzin

Abstract: In this note we consider the Steiner tree problem under Bilu-Linial stability. We give strong geometric structural properties that need to be satisfied by stable instances. We then make use of, and strengthen, these geometric properties to show that $1.562$-stable instances of Euclidean Steiner trees are polynomial-time solvable. We also provide a connection between certain approximation algorithms and Bilu-Linial stability for Steiner trees.