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On the concentration of the chromatic number of random graphs

Combinatorics 2017-10-19 v2

Abstract

Let 0<p<1 be fixed. Shamir and Spencer proved in the 1980s that the chromatic number of a random graph in G(n,p) is concentrated in an interval of length about n^{1/2}. In this explanatory note, we give a proof of a result due due Noga Alon, showing that the chromatic number is concentrated in an interval of length about n^{1/2}/log n.

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@article{arxiv.0806.0178,
  title  = {On the concentration of the chromatic number of random graphs},
  author = {Alex Scott},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0178},
  year   = {2017}
}