Small odd cycles in 4-chromatic graphs (Q2744571)

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    Small odd cycles in 4-chromatic graphs
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1652667

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      Small odd cycles in 4-chromatic graphs (English)
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      16 December 2001
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      odd cycle
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      chromatic number
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      girth
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      \textit{A. Nilli} [J. Graph Theory 31, No. 2, 145-147 (1999; Zbl 0924.05044)] showed that every 4-chromatic graph on \(n\) vertices contains an odd cycle of length less than \(\sqrt{8n}\). The author improves this bound to \(2\sqrt{n}+3\).
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