Cycle lengths and chromatic number of graphs (Q1883263)

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Cycle lengths and chromatic number of graphs
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    Cycle lengths and chromatic number of graphs (English)
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    1 October 2004
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    Let \(r(G)\) and \(s(G)\) be the number of odd and even cycle lengths in a graph \(G,\) respectively. It is shown that for each graph \(G\) its chromatic number satisfies \(\chi (G)\leq \min \{2r(G)+2,2s(G)+3\}.\)
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    graph
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    chromatic number
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    cycle length
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