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Tight Chromatic Number for a class of Graphs with two forbidden subgraphs

Combinatorics 2016-05-11 v1

Abstract

Although the chromatic number of a graph is not known in general, attempts have been made to find good bounds for the number. Here we prove that for a graph G with two forbidden subgraphs and maximum degree less than or equal to 2{\omega} - 3, {\chi} equals its maximum clique size. We also give examples to show that the condition is necessary.

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@article{arxiv.1605.02866,
  title  = {Tight Chromatic Number for a class of Graphs with two forbidden subgraphs},
  author = {Medha Dhurandhar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.02866},
  year   = {2016}
}

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