Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs

We obtain new necessary conditions on a graph which shares the same chromatic polynomial as that of the complete tripartite graph Km,n,r. Using these, we establish the chromatic equivalence classes for K1,n,n+1 (where n ≥ 2). This gives a partial solution to a question raised earlier by the authors....

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Main Authors: Chia, G. L., Ho, Chee-Kit *
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society 2014
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description We obtain new necessary conditions on a graph which shares the same chromatic polynomial as that of the complete tripartite graph Km,n,r. Using these, we establish the chromatic equivalence classes for K1,n,n+1 (where n ≥ 2). This gives a partial solution to a question raised earlier by the authors. With the same technique, we further show that Kn−3,n,n+1 is chromatically unique if n ≥ 5. In the more general situation, we show that if 2 ≤ m ≤ n, then Km,n,n+1 is chromatically unique if n is sufficiently large.
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spelling sunway-2732019-07-04T08:05:53Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/273/ Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs Chia, G. L. Ho, Chee-Kit * QA Mathematics We obtain new necessary conditions on a graph which shares the same chromatic polynomial as that of the complete tripartite graph Km,n,r. Using these, we establish the chromatic equivalence classes for K1,n,n+1 (where n ≥ 2). This gives a partial solution to a question raised earlier by the authors. With the same technique, we further show that Kn−3,n,n+1 is chromatically unique if n ≥ 5. In the more general situation, we show that if 2 ≤ m ≤ n, then Km,n,n+1 is chromatically unique if n is sufficiently large. Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/273/1/Chromatic%20equivalence_HoCK%20%282%29.pdf Chia, G. L. and Ho, Chee-Kit * (2014) Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs. Bulletin of the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society, 37 (3). pp. 641-646. http://www.emis.de/journals/BMMSS/pdf/v37n3/v37n3p3.pdf
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
Chia, G. L.
Ho, Chee-Kit *
Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title_full Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title_fullStr Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title_full_unstemmed Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title_short Chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
title_sort chromatic equivalence classes of some families of complete tripartite graphs
topic QA Mathematics
url http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/273/
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http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/273/1/Chromatic%20equivalence_HoCK%20%282%29.pdf