Graphs and the multiplicity of root 2 in chromatic polynomials (Q2721569)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1613192
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Graphs and the multiplicity of root 2 in chromatic polynomials
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1613192

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    9 October 2002
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    block
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    non-bipartite graphs
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    Graphs and the multiplicity of root 2 in chromatic polynomials (English)
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    A connected graph without a cut vertex is called a block. The author shows that the multiplicity of the root 2 in the chromatic polynomial of a 3-connected non-bipartite graph is 1. She also shows that for a certain family of non-bipartite graphs with connectivity not equal to 3, the multiplicity of the root 2 in their chromatic polynomial is equal to the number of non-bipartite blocks and non-bipartite separable blocks.
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