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Asymptotics of the chromatic number for quasi-line graphs

Discrete Mathematics 2011-02-07 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms Combinatorics

Abstract

As proved by Kahn, the chromatic number and fractional chromatic number of a line graph agree asymptotically. That is, for any line graph GG we have χ(G)(1+o(1))χf(G)\chi(G) \leq (1+o(1))\chi_f(G). We extend this result to quasi-line graphs, an important subclass of claw-free graphs. Furthermore we prove that we can construct a colouring that achieves this bound in polynomial time, giving us an asymptotic approximation algorithm for the chromatic number of quasi-line graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0805,
  title  = {Asymptotics of the chromatic number for quasi-line graphs},
  author = {Andrew D. King and Bruce Reed},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0805},
  year   = {2011}
}

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20 pages, 2 figures