Foreword |
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Preface |
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Preliminaries |
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9 | (4) |
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1 Colouring graphs on surfaces |
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2 Planar graphs are 4-colourable and 5-choosable |
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14 | (4) |
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18 | (2) |
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4 Colouring with few colours |
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20 | (3) |
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5 Grotzsch's theorem and its generalizations |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (4) |
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7 The acyclic chromatic number |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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9 The star chromatic number |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (4) |
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36 | (20) |
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36 | (1) |
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2 Proofs of Brooks's theorem |
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37 | (4) |
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3 Critical graphs with few edges |
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41 | (4) |
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45 | (3) |
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5 Graphs with Χ close to Δ |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (17) |
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56 | (1) |
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2 Definitions and elementary properties |
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57 | (2) |
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3 Log concavity and other inequalities |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (9) |
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73 | (21) |
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73 | (1) |
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2 Complete graph minors: early results |
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74 | (1) |
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3 Contraction-critical graphs |
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75 | (4) |
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4 Algorithmic aspects of the weak conjecture |
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79 | (2) |
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5 Algorithmic aspects of the strong conjecture |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (3) |
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7 Independent sets and Hadwiger's conjecture |
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85 | (1) |
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8 Other variants of the conjecture |
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86 | (3) |
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89 | (5) |
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94 | (20) |
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94 | (2) |
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2 Elementary sets and Kempe changes |
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96 | (1) |
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3 Tashkinov trees and upper bounds |
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97 | (4) |
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4 Towards the Goldberg-Seymour conjecture |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (2) |
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6 The classification problem and critical graphs |
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105 | (3) |
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7 The dichotomy of edge-colouring |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (5) |
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114 | (23) |
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114 | (4) |
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2 Orientations and list-colourings |
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118 | (3) |
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121 | (7) |
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4 Precolouring extensions |
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128 | (1) |
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129 | (8) |
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137 | (24) |
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137 | (2) |
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2 Lovasz's perfect graph theorem |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (4) |
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5 The strategy of the proof |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (3) |
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7 Recognizing perfect graphs |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (2) |
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9 Even pairs: a shorter proof of the SPGT |
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154 | (1) |
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10 Colouring perfect graphs |
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155 | (6) |
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161 | (20) |
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1 The chromatic number of the plane |
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161 | (1) |
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2 The polychromatic number: lower bounds |
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162 | (3) |
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3 The dc Bruijn-Erdos reduction to finite sets |
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165 | (2) |
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4 The polychromatic number: upper bounds |
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167 | (2) |
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5 The continuum of 6-colourings |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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10 Influence of set theory axioms |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (4) |
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9 Integer flows and orientations |
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181 | (18) |
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181 | (2) |
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183 | (2) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (1) |
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6 Bounded orientations and circular flows |
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188 | (2) |
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7 Modulo orientations and (2 + 1/t-flows |
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190 | (1) |
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8 Contractible configurations |
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191 | (3) |
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194 | (5) |
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10 Colouring random graphs |
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199 | (31) |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (6) |
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208 | (6) |
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214 | (3) |
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5 Random geometric graphs |
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217 | (2) |
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6 Random planar graphs and related classes |
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219 | (3) |
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222 | (8) |
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230 | (25) |
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230 | (4) |
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2 Proper vertex- and edge-colourings |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (5) |
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4 Colourings of mixed hypergraphs |
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243 | (4) |
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5 Colour-bounded and stably bounded hypergraphs |
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247 | (4) |
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251 | (4) |
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255 | (22) |
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255 | (1) |
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2 Colouring with weights on the vertices |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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6 Colouring with preferences |
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262 | (2) |
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264 | (2) |
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266 | (2) |
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268 | (1) |
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10 Balancing requirements |
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269 | (4) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (3) |
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13 Graph colouring algorithms |
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277 | (27) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (5) |
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284 | (3) |
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287 | (2) |
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289 | (3) |
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292 | (4) |
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296 | (5) |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (23) |
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304 | (3) |
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307 | (5) |
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312 | (1) |
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4 Playing on the edge-set |
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312 | (1) |
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5 Oriented and directed graphs |
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313 | (2) |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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316 | (5) |
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9 Achievement and avoidance games |
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321 | (1) |
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10 The acyclic orientation game |
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322 | (5) |
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15 Unsolved graph colouring problems |
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327 | (31) |
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327 | (1) |
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2 Complete graphs and chromatic numbers |
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328 | (5) |
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333 | (6) |
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339 | (5) |
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344 | (4) |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (8) |
Notes on contributors |
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358 | (5) |
Index |
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