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The chromatic number of finite type-graphs

Combinatorics 2017-09-12 v2

Abstract

By a finite type-graph we mean a graph whose set of vertices is the set of all kk-subsets of [n]={1,2,,n}[n]=\{1,2,\ldots, n\} for some integers nk1n\ge k\ge 1, and in which two such sets are adjacent if and only if they realise a certain order type specified in advance. Examples of such graphs have been investigated in a great variety of contexts in the literature with particular attention being paid to their chromatic number. In recent joint work with Tomasz {\L}uczak, two of the authors embarked on a systematic study of the chromatic numbers of such type-graphs, formulated a general conjecture determining this number up to a multiplicative factor, and proved various results of this kind. In this article we fully prove this conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1603.05134,
  title  = {The chromatic number of finite type-graphs},
  author = {Christian Avart and Bill Kay and Christian Reiher and Vojtěch Rödl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05134},
  year   = {2017}
}

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second version addresses changes arising from the referee reports