Sparse graphs usually have exponentially many optimal colorings
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 9 (2002)
A proper coloring of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is called optimal if the number of colors used is the minimal possible; i.e., it coincides with the chromatic number of $G$. We investigate the typical behavior of the number of distinct optimal colorings of a random graph $G(n,p)$, for various values of the edge probability $p=p(n)$. Our main result shows that for every constant $1/3 < a < 2$, most of the graphs in the probability space $G(n,p)$ with $p=n^{-a}$ have exponentially many optimal colorings.
DOI :
10.37236/1643
Classification :
05C80, 05C15
Mots-clés : chromatic number, random graph, optimal colorings
Mots-clés : chromatic number, random graph, optimal colorings
@article{10_37236_1643,
author = {Michael Krivelevich},
title = {Sparse graphs usually have exponentially many optimal colorings},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {2002},
volume = {9},
doi = {10.37236/1643},
zbl = {0989.05106},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/1643/}
}
Michael Krivelevich. Sparse graphs usually have exponentially many optimal colorings. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 9 (2002). doi: 10.37236/1643
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