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Proof Algorithm of Erdös-Faber-Lovász Conjecture

Erdös-Faber-Lovász 추측 증명 알고리즘

  • Lee, Sang-Un (Dept. of Multimedia Eng., Gangneung-Wonju National University)
  • 이상운 (강릉원주대학교 과학기술대학 멀티미디어공학과)
  • Received : 2014.08.26
  • Accepted : 2015.02.13
  • Published : 2015.02.28

Abstract

This paper proves the Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz conjecture of the vertex coloring problem, which is so far unresolved. The Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz conjecture states that "the union of k copies of k-cliques intersecting in at most one vertex pairwise is k-chromatic." i.e., x(G)=k. In a bid to prove this conjecture, this paper employs a method in which it determines the number of intersecting vertices and that of cliques that intersect at one vertex so as to count a vertex of the minimum degree ${\delta}(G)$ in the Minimum Independent Set (MIS) if both the numbers are even and to count a vertex of the maximum degree ${\Delta}(G)$ in otherwise. As a result of this algorithm, the number of MIS obtained is x(G)=k. When applied to $K_k$-clique sum intersecting graphs wherein $3{\leq}k{\leq}8$, the proposed method has proved to be successful in obtaining x(G)=k in all of them. To conclude, the Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz conjecture implying that "the k-number of $K_k$-clique sum intersecting graph is k-chromatic" is proven.

본 논문은 지금까지 미해결 문제로 알려진 정점 색칠 문제에 대한 Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz 추측을 증명하였다. Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz 추측은 "k개의 $K_k$-클릭 합 교차 그래프는 k개의 색으로 칠할 수 있다". 즉, x(G)=k이다". Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz 추측을 증명하기 위해 본 논문은 교차되는 정점수와 한 정점에서 교차되는 클릭수를 구하여 모두 짝수이면 그래프의 최소 차수 ${\delta}(G)$ 정점을 최대독립집합 (minimum Independent set, MIS)에 포함시키는 방법을 적용하고, 둘 중 어느 하나가 홀수이면 최대 차수 ${\Delta}(G)$ 정점을 MIS에 포함시키는 방법을 적용하였다. 알고리즘 수행결과 얻은 MIS 개수가 x(G)=k이다. $3{\leq}k{\leq}8$$K_k$-클릭 합 교차 그래프에 대해 실험한 결과 모든 그래프에서 x(G)=k를 얻는데 성공하였다. 결국, "k개의 $K_k$-클릭 합 교차 그래프는 k개의 색으로 칠할 수 있다".는 Erd$\ddot{o}$s-Faber-Lov$\acute{a}$sz 추측은 성립함을 증명하였다.

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