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Graph Coloring and Function Simulation

Combinatorics 2010-08-23 v1

Abstract

We prove that every partial function with finite domain and range can be effectively simulated through sequential colorings of graphs. Namely, we show that given a finite set S={0,1,,m1}S=\{0,1,\ldots,m-1\} and a number nmax{m,3}n \geq \max\{m,3\}, any partial function φ:SpSq\varphi:S^{^p} \to S^{^q} (i.e. it may not be defined on some elements of its domain SpS^{^p}) can be effectively (i.e. in polynomial time) transformed to a simple graph \matrGφ,n\matr{G}_{_{\varphi,n}} along with three sets of specified vertices X={x0,x1,,xp1},  Y={y0,y1,,yq1},  R={\Kv0,\Kv1,,\Kvn1},X = \{x_{_{0}},x_{_{1}},\ldots,x_{_{p-1}}\}, \ \ Y = \{y_{_{0}},y_{_{1}},\ldots,y_{_{q-1}}\}, \ \ R = \{\Kv{0},\Kv{1},\ldots,\Kv{n-1}\}, such that any assignment σ0:XR{0,1,,n1}\sigma_{_{0}}: X \cup R \to \{0,1,\ldots,n-1\} with σ0(\Kvi)=i\sigma_{_{0}}(\Kv{i})=i for all 0i<n0 \leq i < n, is {\it uniquely} and {\it effectively} extendable to a proper nn-coloring σ\sigma of \matrGφ,n\matr{G}_{_{\varphi,n}} for which we have φ(σ(x0),σ(x1),,σ(xp1))=(σ(y0),σ(y1),,σ(yq1)),\varphi(\sigma(x_{_{0}}),\sigma(x_{_{1}}),\ldots,\sigma(x_{_{p-1}}))=(\sigma(y_{_{0}}),\sigma(y_{_{1}}),\ldots,\sigma(y_{_{q-1}})), unless (σ(x0),σ(x1),,σ(xp1))(\sigma(x_{_{0}}),\sigma(x_{_{1}}),\ldots,\sigma(x_{_{p-1}})) is not in the domain of φ\varphi (in which case σ0\sigma_{_{0}} has no extension to a proper nn-coloring of \matrGφ,n\matr{G}_{_{\varphi,n}}).

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@article{arxiv.1008.3015,
  title  = {Graph Coloring and Function Simulation},
  author = {Amir Daneshgar and Ali Reza Rahimi and Siamak Taati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3015},
  year   = {2010}
}
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