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Better 3-coloring algorithms: Excluding a triangle and a seven vertex path
Theoretical Computer Science ( IF 0.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2020.10.032
Flavia Bonomo-Braberman , Maria Chudnovsky , Jan Goedgebeur , Peter Maceli , Oliver Schaudt , Maya Stein , Mingxian Zhong

We present an algorithm to color a graph G with no triangle and no induced 7-vertex path (i.e., a {P7,C3}-free graph), where every vertex is assigned a list of possible colors which is a subset of {1,2,3}. While this is a special case of the problem solved in Bonomo et al. (2018) [1], that does not require the absence of triangles, the algorithm here is both faster and conceptually simpler. The complexity of the algorithm is O(|V(G)|5(|V(G)|+|E(G)|)), and if G is bipartite, it improves to O(|V(G)|2(|V(G)|+|E(G)|)).

Moreover, we prove that there are finitely many minimal obstructions to list 3-coloring {Pt,C3}-free graphs if and only if t7. This implies the existence of a polynomial time certifying algorithm for list 3-coloring in {P7,C3}-free graphs. We furthermore determine other cases of t,, and k such that the family of minimal obstructions to list k-coloring in {Pt,C}-free graphs is finite.



中文翻译:

更好的三色算法:不包括三角形和七个顶点路径

我们提出了一种算法,可以为没有三角形且没有诱导7顶点路径的图形G着色(即{P7C3}-无图),其中为每个顶点分配了可能的颜色列表,这些颜色是 {1个23}。虽然这是Bonomo等人解决的问题的特例。(2018)[1],它不需要三角形,这里的算法既更快又概念上更简单。该算法的复杂度为Ø|VG|5|VG|+|ËG|,并且如果G是二分的,它将改善为Ø|VG|2|VG|+|ËG|

此外,我们证明了有限的最小障碍物列出了3色 {PŤC3}免费图,当且仅当 Ť7。这意味着存在用于列表3着色的多项式时间证明算法{P7C3}-无图。我们进一步确定其他情况Ťķ,从而阻碍最小的家庭名单ķ -coloring在{PŤC}无图是有限的。

更新日期:2020-12-02
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