Three-Coloring and List Three-Coloring of Graphs Without Induced Paths on Seven Vertices

In this paper we present a polynomial time algorithm that determines if an input graph containing no induced seven-vertex path is 3-colorable. This affirmatively answers a question posed by Randerath, Schiermeyer and Tewes in 2002. Our algorithm also solves the list-coloring version of the 3-colorin...

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Autor principal: Bonomo, Flavia
Publicado: 2018
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_02099683_v38_n4_p779_Bonomo
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Sumario:In this paper we present a polynomial time algorithm that determines if an input graph containing no induced seven-vertex path is 3-colorable. This affirmatively answers a question posed by Randerath, Schiermeyer and Tewes in 2002. Our algorithm also solves the list-coloring version of the 3-coloring problem, where every vertex is assigned a list of colors that is a subset of {1,2,3}, and gives an explicit coloring if one exists. © 2018, János Bolyai Mathematical Society and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.