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The Chromatic Number of Random Regular Graphs

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2007-05-23 v1 Statistical Mechanics Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

Given any integer d >= 3, let k be the smallest integer such that d < 2k log k. We prove that with high probability the chromatic number of a random d-regular graph is k, k+1, or k+2, and that if (2k-1) \log k < d < 2k \log k then the chromatic number is either k+1 or k+2.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0407278,
  title  = {The Chromatic Number of Random Regular Graphs},
  author = {Dimitris Achlioptas and Cristopher Moore},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0407278},
  year   = {2007}
}
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