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A short proof of Brooks' theorem

2018/05/28 by Mariusz Zając, Zając, Mariusz
Computer Science · #05C15 (Primary) #68R10 (Secondary) #Advanced Graph Theory Research #Algorithms and Data Compression #Combinatorics (math.CO) #FOS: Mathematics #Interconnection Networks and Systems

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1805.11176

openalex publication_date 2018/05/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We give a simple short proof of Brooks' theorem using only induction and greedy coloring, while avoiding issues of graph connectivity. The argument generalizes easily to some extensions of Brooks' theorem, including its variants for list coloring, signed graphs coloring and correspondence coloring.

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