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We settle the complexity of the $(\Delta+1)$-coloring and $(\Delta+1)$-list coloring problems in the CONGESTED CLIQUE model by presenting a simple deterministic algorithm for both problems running in a constant number of rounds. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Artur Czumaj , Peter Davies , Merav Parter

Consider an n-vertex graph G = (V,E) of maximum degree Delta, and suppose that each vertex v \in V hosts a processor. The processors are allowed to communicate only with their neighbors in G. The communication is synchronous, i.e., it…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-03-09 Leonid Barenboim , Michael Elkin

We obtain improved distributed algorithms in the CONGEST message-passing setting for problems on power graphs of an input graph $G$. This includes Coloring, Maximal Independent Set, and related problems. We develop a general deterministic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Leonid Barenboim , Uri Goldenberg

We present ${\rm poly\log\log n}$-round randomized distributed algorithms to compute vertex splittings, a partition of the vertices of a graph into $k$ parts such that a node of degree $d(u)$ has $\approx d(u)/k$ neighbors in each part. Our…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-18 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Yannic Maus , Alexandre Nolin

We study the {edge-coloring} problem in the message-passing model of distributed computing. This is one of the most fundamental and well-studied problems in this area. Currently, the best-known deterministic algorithms for (2Delta…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Leonid Barenboim , Michael Elkin

Vizing showed that it suffices to color the edges of a simple graph using $\Delta + 1$ colors, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of the graph. However, up to this date, no efficient distributed edge-coloring algorithms are known for…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Hsin-Hao Su , Hoa T. Vu

We consider graph coloring and related problems in the distributed message-passing model. {Locally-iterative algorithms} are especially important in this setting. These are algorithms in which each vertex decides about its next color only…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Leonid Barenboim , Michael Elkin , Uri Goldenberg

The complexity of distributed edge coloring depends heavily on the palette size as a function of the maximum degree $\Delta$. In this paper we explore the complexity of edge coloring in the LOCAL model in different palette size regimes. 1.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-20 Yi-Jun Chang , Qizheng He , Wenzheng Li , Seth Pettie , Jara Uitto

Graph coloring is fundamental to distributed computing. We give the first sub-logarithmic distributed algorithm for coloring cluster graphs. These graphs are obtained from the underlying communication network by contracting nodes and edges,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Maxime Flin , Magnus M. Halldorsson , Alexandre Nolin

Brooks' theorem states that all connected graphs but odd cycles and cliques can be colored with $\Delta$ colors, where $\Delta$ is the maximum degree of the graph. Such colorings have been shown to admit non-trivial distributed algorithms…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-03-07 Yann Bourreau , Sebastian Brandt , Alexandre Nolin

Let $\epsilon \in (0, 1)$ and $n, \Delta \in \mathbb N$ be such that $\Delta = \Omega\left(\max\left\{\frac{\log n}{\epsilon},\, \left(\frac{1}{\epsilon}\log \frac{1}{\epsilon}\right)^2\right\}\right)$. Given an $n$-vertex $m$-edge simple…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Abhishek Dhawan

We give a randomized algorithm that properly colors the vertices of a triangle-free graph G on n vertices using O(\Delta(G)/ log \Delta(G)) colors, where \Delta(G) is the maximum degree of G. The algorithm takes O(n\Delta2(G)log\Delta(G))…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2011-02-01 Mohammad Shoaib Jamall

Vertex coloring is one of the classic symmetry breaking problems studied in distributed computing. In this paper we present a new algorithm for $(\Delta+1)$-list coloring in the randomized ${\sf LOCAL}$ model running in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-13 Yi-Jun Chang , Wenzheng Li , Seth Pettie

We present a new approach to randomized distributed graph coloring that is simpler and more efficient than previous ones. In particular, it allows us to tackle the $(\operatorname{deg}+1)$-list-coloring (D1LC) problem, where each node $v$…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-02 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Fabian Kuhn , Alexandre Nolin , Tigran Tonoyan

The distributed coloring problem is arguably one of the key problems studied in the area of distributed graph algorithms. The most standard variant of the problem asks for a proper vertex coloring of a graph with $\Delta+1$ colors, where…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Marc Fuchs , Fabian Kuhn

The problem of coloring the edges of an $n$-node graph of maximum degree $\Delta$ with $2\Delta - 1$ colors is one of the key symmetry breaking problems in the area of distributed graph algorithms. While there has been a lot of progress…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Alkida Balliu , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti

For any $\Delta$, let $k_\Delta$ be the maximum integer $k$ such that $(k+1)(k+2)\le \Delta$. We give a distributed \LOCAL algorithm that, given an integer $k < k_\Delta$, computes a valid $\Delta-k$-coloring if one exists. The algorithm…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Maxime Flin , Magnús M. Halldórsson , Manuel Jakob , Yannic Maus

Recent improvements on the deterministic complexities of fundamental graph problems in the LOCAL model of distributed computing have yielded state-of-the-art upper bounds of $\tilde{O}(\log^{5/3} n)$ rounds for maximal independent set (MIS)…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yann Bourreau , Sebastian Brandt , Alexandre Nolin

We present a deterministic distributed algorithm, in the LOCAL model, that computes a $(1+o(1))\Delta$-edge-coloring in polylogarithmic-time, so long as the maximum degree $\Delta=\tilde{\Omega}(\log n)$. For smaller $\Delta$, we give a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-16 Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus , Jara Uitto

We show the first conditionally optimal deterministic algorithm for $3$-coloring forests in the low-space massively parallel computation (MPC) model. Our algorithm runs in $O(\log \log n)$ rounds and uses optimal global space. The best…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Christoph Grunau , Rustam Latypov , Yannic Maus , Shreyas Pai , Jara Uitto