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A Correlation Inequality Involving Stable Set and Chromatic Polynomials

✍ Scribed by G.E. Farr


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
230 KB
Volume
58
Category
Article
ISSN
0095-8956

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✦ Synopsis


Suppose each vertex of a graph (G) is chosen with probability (p), these choices being independent. Let (A(G, p)) be the probability that no two chosen vertices are adjacent. This is essentially the clique polynomial of the complement of (G) which has been extensively studied in a variety of incarnations. We use the AhlswedeDaykin Theorem to prove that, for all (G), and all positive integers (\lambda, P(G, i) / \lambda^{n} \leqslant) (A\left(G, i{ }^{t}\right)^{\lambda}), where (P(C, i)) is the chromatic polynomial of (G). 1993 Academic Press. Inc.