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Consider an unweighted graph on $n$ nodes defined by a stream of edge insertions and deletions. Is it possible to approximate the size of the maximum cardinality matching up to constant factor given a single pass and $o(n^2)$ space? Recall that a factor 2 approximation is easy in $O(n log n)$ space if there are no edge deletions.
Suppose we are in a turnstile model for graph streaming: this means that the stream consists of a sequence of edge insertions and deletions (with no edge being deleted before it's inserted). In this setting, can we design an algorithm for computing a matching that takes space $o(n^2)$ and gets a constant-factor approximation (or better)?
 

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Suggested by Andrew McGregor
Source Bertinoro 2014
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Consider an unweighted graph on $n$ nodes defined by a stream of edge insertions and deletions. Is it possible to approximate the size of the maximum cardinality matching up to constant factor given a single pass and $o(n^2)$ space? Recall that a factor 2 approximation is easy in $O(n log n)$ space if there are no edge deletions.