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Almost all graphs with average degree 4 are 3-colorable
Received 14 July 2002;
revised 28 December 2002.
Available online 24 September 2003.
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Abstract
We analyze a randomized version of the Brelaz heuristic on sparse random graphs. We prove that almost all graphs with average degree d
4.03, i.e., G(n,p=d/n), are 3-colorable and that a constant fraction of all 4-regular graphs are 3-colorable.
Author Keywords: Random graphs; Regular random graphs; Graph coloring; Threshold phenomena
Article Outline
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Our algorithm, related work, and motivation
- 3. The random configuration model
- 4. Preliminaries and notation
- 5. Proof outline (and some more definitions)
- 6. Multitype branching processes
- 7. A single round as a multitype branching process
- 8. A single round as a multitype branching process: proofs
- 9. The method of differential equations
- 10. Integrating the differential equations
- 11. Coloring with no degree preference
- 12. Handling the high-degree vertices
- Acknowledgements
- References






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