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Connected greedy colouring in claw-free graphs

Discrete Mathematics 2018-06-08 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

An ordering of the vertices of a graph is \emph{connected} if every vertex (but the first) has a neighbor among its predecessors. The greedy colouring algorithm of a graph with a connected order consists in taking the vertices in order, and assigning to each vertex the smallest available colour. A graph is \emph{good} if the greedy algorithm on every connected order gives every connected induced subgraph of it an optimal colouring. We give the characterization of good claw-free graphs in terms of minimal forbidden induced subgraphs.

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@article{arxiv.1805.01953,
  title  = {Connected greedy colouring in claw-free graphs},
  author = {Ngoc Khang Le and Nicolas Trotignon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.01953},
  year   = {2018}
}
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