Title
Extremal Values of the Chromatic Number for a Given Degree Sequence.
Abstract
For a degree sequence $$d:d_1\\ge \\cdots \\ge d_n$$d:d1¿¿¿dn, we consider the smallest chromatic number $$\\chi _{\\min }(d)$$¿min(d) and the largest chromatic number $$\\chi _{\\max }(d)$$¿max(d) among all graphs with degree sequence d. We show that if $$d_n\\ge 1$$dn¿1, then $$\\chi _{\\min }(d)\\le \\max \\left\\{ 3,d_1-\\frac{n+1}{4d_1}+4\\right\\} $$¿min(d)≤max3,d1-n+14d1+4, and, if $$\\sqrt{n+\\frac{1}{4}}-\\frac{1}{2}d_1\\ge d_n\\ge 1$$n+14-12d1¿dn¿1, then $$\\chi _{\\max }(d)=\\max \\nolimits _{i\\in [n]}\\min \\left\\{ i,d_i+1\\right\\} $$¿max(d)=maxi¿[n]mini,di+1. For a given degree sequence d with bounded entries, we show that $$\\chi _{\\min }(d), \\chi _{\\max }(d)$$¿min(d),¿max(d), and also the smallest independence number $$\\alpha _{\\min }(d)$$¿min(d) among all graphs with degree sequence d, can be determined in polynomial time.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/s00373-017-1814-3
Graphs and Combinatorics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Degree sequence, Chromatic number, Independence number, 05C07, 05C15, 05C69
Discrete mathematics,Graph,Independence number,Combinatorics,Chromatic scale,Degree (graph theory),Mathematics,Bounded function
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
33
4
0911-0119
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Stéphane Bessy111719.68
Dieter Rautenbach2946138.87