English

The chromatic number of (P_5, HVN )-free graphs

Combinatorics 2022-08-29 v4

Abstract

Let GG be a graph. We use χ(G)\chi(G) and ω(G)\omega(G) to denote the chromatic number and clique number of GG respectively. A P5P_5 is a path on 5 vertices, and an HVNHVN is a K4K_4 together with one more vertex which is adjacent to exactly two vertices of K4K_4. Combining with some known result, in this paper we show that if GG is (P5,HVN)(P_5, \textit{HVN})-free, then χ(G)max{min{16,ω(G)+3},ω(G)+1}\chi(G)\leq \max\{\min\{16, \omega(G)+3\}, \omega(G)+1\}. This upper bound is almost sharp.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.2204.06460,
  title  = {The chromatic number of (P_5, HVN )-free graphs},
  author = {Yian Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.06460},
  year   = {2022}
}