Goldberg's Conjecture is true for random multigraphs
Combinatorics
2019-02-07 v2 Probability
Abstract
In the 70s, Goldberg, and independently Seymour, conjectured that for any multigraph , the chromatic index satisfies , where . We show that their conjecture (in a stronger form) is true for random multigraphs. Let be the probability space consisting of all loopless multigraphs with vertices and edges, in which pairs from are chosen independently at random with repetitions. Our result states that, for a given , typically satisfies . In particular, we show that if is even and , then for a typical . Furthermore, for a fixed , if is odd, then a typical has for , and for .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1803.00908,
title = {Goldberg's Conjecture is true for random multigraphs},
author = {Penny Haxell and Michael Krivelevich and Gal Kronenberg},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.00908},
year = {2019}
}
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26 pages