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Conflict-free coloring of graphs

Combinatorics 2013-09-23 v2

Abstract

We study the conflict-free chromatic number chi_{CF} of graphs from extremal and probabilistic point of view. We resolve a question of Pach and Tardos about the maximum conflict-free chromatic number an n-vertex graph can have. Our construction is randomized. In relation to this we study the evolution of the conflict-free chromatic number of the Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi random graph G(n,p) and give the asymptotics for p=omega(1/n). We also show that for p \geq 1/2 the conflict-free chromatic number differs from the domination number by at most 3.

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@article{arxiv.1111.5501,
  title  = {Conflict-free coloring of graphs},
  author = {Roman Glebov and Tibor Szabó and Gábor Tardos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1111.5501},
  year   = {2013}
}

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12 pages