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The complexity of the list homomorphism problem for graphs

Computational Complexity 2010-02-03 v3

Abstract

We completely classify the computational complexity of the list H-colouring problem for graphs (with possible loops) in combinatorial and algebraic terms: for every graph H the problem is either NP-complete, NL-complete, L-complete or is first-order definable; descriptive complexity equivalents are given as well via Datalog and its fragments. Our algebraic characterisations match important conjectures in the study of constraint satisfaction problems.

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@article{arxiv.0912.3802,
  title  = {The complexity of the list homomorphism problem for graphs},
  author = {Laszlo Egri and Andrei Krokhin and Benoit Larose and Pascal Tesson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0912.3802},
  year   = {2010}
}

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12 pages, STACS 2010

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