Faster 3-colouring algorithm for graphs of diameter 3
Combinatorics
2026-05-26 v2 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
We show that given an -vertex graph of diameter 3 we can decide if is -colourable in time for any . This improves on the previous best algorithm of from D\k{e}bski, Piecyk and Rz\k{a}\.zewski [Faster 3-coloring of small-diameter graphs, ESA 2021].
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@article{arxiv.2601.13072,
title = {Faster 3-colouring algorithm for graphs of diameter 3},
author = {Carla Groenland and Hidde Koerts and Sophie Spirkl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.13072},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
Corrected typos and revised the proof of Claim 7.4