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Improved bound for Hadwiger's conjecture

Combinatorics 2021-08-23 v1

Abstract

Hadwiger conjectured in 1943 that for every integer t1t \ge 1, every graph with no KtK_t minor is (t1)(t-1)-colorable. Kostochka, and independently Thomason, proved every graph with no KtK_t minor is O(t(logt)1/2)O(t(\log t)^{1/2})-colorable. Recently, Postle improved it to O(t(loglogt)6)O(t (\log \log t)^6)-colorable. In this paper, we show that every graph with no KtK_t minor is O(t(loglogt)5)O(t (\log \log t)^{5})-colorable.

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@article{arxiv.2108.09230,
  title  = {Improved bound for Hadwiger's conjecture},
  author = {Yan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09230},
  year   = {2021}
}
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