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The t-improper chromatic number of random graphs

Combinatorics 2010-09-08 v2 Probability

Abstract

We consider the tt-improper chromatic number of the Erd{\H o}s-R{\'e}nyi random graph G(n,p)G(n,p). The t-improper chromatic number χt(G)\chi^t(G) of GG is the smallest number of colours needed in a colouring of the vertices in which each colour class induces a subgraph of maximum degree at most tt. If t=0t = 0, then this is the usual notion of proper colouring. When the edge probability pp is constant, we provide a detailed description of the asymptotic behaviour of χt(G(n,p))\chi^t(G(n,p)) over the range of choices for the growth of t=t(n)t = t(n).

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@article{arxiv.0809.4726,
  title  = {The t-improper chromatic number of random graphs},
  author = {Ross J. Kang and Colin McDiarmid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4726},
  year   = {2010}
}

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