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Multi-Colouring of Kneser Graphs: Notes on Stahl's Conjecture

Combinatorics 2025-01-10 v2

Abstract

A (finite, undirected) graph is (n,k)(n,k)-colourable if we can assign each vertex a kk-subset of {1,2,,n}\{1,2,\ldots,n\} so that adjacent vertices receive disjoint subsets. We consider the following problem: if a graph is (n,k)(n,k)-colourable, then for what pairs (n,k)(n',k') is it also (n,k)(n',k')-colourable? This question can be translated into a question regarding multi-colourings of Kneser graphs, for which Stahl formulated a conjecture in 1976. We present new results, strengthen existing results, and in particular present much simpler proofs of several known cases of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.2407.05730,
  title  = {Multi-Colouring of Kneser Graphs: Notes on Stahl's Conjecture},
  author = {Jan van den Heuvel and Xinyi Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.05730},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

17 pages; presentation in introduction changed