The complexity of the 3-colorability problem in the absence of a pair of small forbidden induced subgraphs
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We completely determine the complexity status of the 3-colorability problem for hereditary graph classes defined by two forbidden induced subgraphs with at most five vertices. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Discrete Mathematics
دوره 338 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015