@inbook {IOPORT.05345293, author = {F\"urer, Martin}, title = {A faster algorithm for finding maximum independent sets in sparse graphs.}, year = {2006}, booktitle = {LATIN 2006: Theoretical informatics. 7th Latin American symposium, Valdivia, Chile, March 20--24, 2006. Proceedings.}, isbn = {3-540-32755-X}, pages = {491-501}, publisher = {Berlin: Springer}, doi = {10.1007/11682462_46}, abstract = {Summary: An algorithm is presented for finding a maximum independent set in a connected graph with $n$ vertices and $m$ edges in time $O(\text {poly}(n)1.2365^{m-n})$. As a consequence, we find a maximum independent set in a graph of degree 3 in time $O(\text {poly}(n)1.1120^n)$, which improves the currently best results of $O(1.1254^{n})$ of Chen, Kanj and Xia.}, identifier = {05345293}, }