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Graphs with girth $2\ell$ and without longer even holes are $3$-colorable

Combinatorics 2025-09-03 v1

Abstract

For a number 2\ell\geq 2, let H\mathcal{H}_{\ell} denote the family of graphs which have girth 22\ell and have no even hole with length greater than 22\ell. Wu, Xu, and Xu conjectured that every graph in 2H\bigcup_{\ell\geq2}\mathcal{H}_{\ell} is 3-colorable. In this paper, we prove that every graph in H\mathcal{H}_{\ell} is 3-colorable for any integer 5\ell\geq5.

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@article{arxiv.2509.01137,
  title  = {Graphs with girth $2\ell$ and without longer even holes are $3$-colorable},
  author = {Rong Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01137},
  year   = {2025}
}

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