In this paper, we study a chromatic aspect for the class of P6-free graphs. Here, the focus of our interest are graph classes (deÿned in terms of forbidden induced subgraphs) for which the question of 3-colorability can be decided in polynomial time and, if so, a proper 3-coloring can be determined
3-Colorability ∈ P for p6–;free Graphs
✍ Scribed by Bert Randerath; Ingo Schiermeyerb
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 299 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1571-0653
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