Three complexity results on coloring P k - free graphs I
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We prove three complexity results on vertex coloring problems restricted to Pk-free graphs, i.e., graphs that do not contain a path on k vertices as an induced subgraph. First of all, we show that the pre-coloring extension version of 5-coloring remains NP-complete when restricted to P6-free graphs. Recent results of Hoàng et al. imply that this problem is polynomially solvable on P5-free graphs. Secondly, we show that the pre-coloring extension version of 3-coloring is polynomially solvable for P6-free graphs. This implies a simpler algorithm for checking the 3-colorability of P6-free graphs than the algorithm given by Randerath and Schiermeyer. Finally, we prove that 6coloring is NP-complete for P7-free graphs. This problem was known to be polynomially solvable for P5-free graphs and NP-complete for P8-free graphs, so there remains one open case.
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