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Graphs with large chromatic number induce $3k$-cycles

Discrete Mathematics 2014-08-12 v1 Combinatorics

Abstract

Answering a question of Kalai and Meshulam, we prove that graphs without induced cycles of length 3k3k have bounded chromatic number. This implies the very first case of a much broader question asserting that every graph with large chromatic number induces a graph HH such that the sum of the Betti numbers of the independence complex of HH is also large.

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@article{arxiv.1408.2172,
  title  = {Graphs with large chromatic number induce $3k$-cycles},
  author = {Marthe Bonamy and Pierre Charbit and Stéphan Thomassé},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.2172},
  year   = {2014}
}

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13 pages

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