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A short proof of a conjecture on the higher connectivity of graph coloring complexes

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

The Hom-complexes were introduced by Lovasz to study topological obstructions to graph colorings. It was conjectured by Babson and Kozlov, and proved by Cukic and Kozlov, that Hom(G,K_n) is (n-d-2)-connected, where d is the maximal degree of a vertex of G. We give a short proof of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.math/0505460,
  title  = {A short proof of a conjecture on the higher connectivity of graph coloring complexes},
  author = {Alexander Engstrom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505460},
  year   = {2007}
}

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