On the NP-completeness of the \(k\)-colorability problem for triangle-free graphs

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DOI10.1016/S0012-365X(97)89267-9zbMath0870.05021OpenAlexW2068121436MaRDI QIDQ1356685

Frédéric Maffray, Myriam Preissmann

Publication date: 10 June 1997

Published in: Discrete Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-365x(97)89267-9




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