AN UPPER BOUND ON THE CHROMATIC NUMBER OF A GRAPH,

Abstract

A proof is provided for a graph-theoretic conjecture of Erdos and Hajnal, as follows. Let G be a graph and let k be a nonnegative integer. Suppose that for each set S included in V(G) there is a set T included in S such that T is independent in G and the cardinality of T is greater than or equal to one half the cardinality of S minus k. Then G may be vertex colored in k plus 2 colors. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0684527

Entities

People

  • Jon H. Folkman

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Graph Algorithms and Convex Optimization.