Chromaticity of some Tripartite Graphs

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  • Jun Yin School of Computer, Qinghai Normal University Author
  • Haixing Zhao School of Computer, Qinghai Normal University Author
  • Xiujuan Ma School of Computer, Qinghai Normal University Author
  • Yalan Li School of Computer, Qinghai Normal University Author

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https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2022.12.006

Abstract

For any graph $G$, we use $P(G, \lambda)$ to denote the the chromatic polynomial of $G$. Two graphs $G$ and $H$ are said to be equivalent, simply denoted by $G\sim H$, if $P(G, \lambda)=P(H, \lambda)$. Let $[G]=\{H|H\sim G\}$. $G$ is said to be chromatically unique if $[G]=\{G\}$. Let $K(n, n, n)$ be the complete tripartite graph with each part vertex set having $n$ vertice and $S$ be an edge set of $s$ edges in $K(n, n, n)$. In this paper, we give some chromatically unique tripartite graphs obtained by deleting some edges from $K(n, n, n)$ .

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Yin, J., Zhao, H., Ma, X., & Li, Y. (2026). Chromaticity of some Tripartite Graphs. Discontinuity, Nonlinearity, and Complexity, 11(4), 645-650. https://doi.org/10.5890/DNC.2022.12.006