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4-coloring ($P_6$, bull)-free graphs

Combinatorics 2016-02-25 v2

Abstract

We present a polynomial-time algorithm that determines whether a graph that contains no induced path on six vertices and no bull (the graph with vertices a, b, c, d, e and edges ab, bc, cd, be, ce) is 4-colorable. We also show that for any fixed k the k-coloring problem can be solved in polynomial time in the class of (P6P_6, bull, gem)-free graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1511.08911,
  title  = {4-coloring ($P_6$, bull)-free graphs},
  author = {Frédéric Maffray and Lucas Pastor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.08911},
  year   = {2016}
}
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