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Chromatic-durable graphs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Don R. Lick
Affiliation:
Western Michigan University
Arthur T. White
Affiliation:
Western Michigan University

Extract

One of the most studied parameters in all of graph theory is the chromatic number. Undoubtedly, its popularity as a subject for research is due to its intimate relationship with the famous Four Colour Problem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1972

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