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Hadwiger's conjecture for the complements of Kneser graphs

Combinatorics 2015-12-01 v2

Abstract

Hadwiger's conjecture asserts that every graph with chromatic number tt contains a complete minor of order tt. Given integers n2k+15n \ge 2k+1 \ge 5, the Kneser graph K(n,k)K(n, k) is the graph with vertices the kk-subsets of an nn-set such that two vertices are adjacent if and only if the corresponding kk-subsets are disjoint. We prove that Hadwiger's conjecture is true for the complements of Kneser graphs.

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@article{arxiv.1503.06912,
  title  = {Hadwiger's conjecture for the complements of Kneser graphs},
  author = {Guangjun Xu and Sanming Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.06912},
  year   = {2015}
}

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This is the final version to be published in J. Graph Theory