Examining Kempe equivalence via commutative algebra

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Main Authors: Ohsugi, Hidefumi, Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi
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author Ohsugi, Hidefumi
Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi
author_facet Ohsugi, Hidefumi
Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi
contents Kempe equivalence is a classical and important notion on vertex coloring in graph theory. In the present paper, we introduce several ideals associated with graphs and provide a method to determine whether two $k$-colorings are Kempe equivalent via commutative algebra. Moreover, we give a way to compute all $k$-colorings of a graph up to Kempe equivalence by virtue of the algebraic technique on Gröbner bases. As a consequence, the number of $k$-Kempe classes can be computed by using Hilbert functions. Finally, we introduce several algebraic algorithms related to Kempe equivalence.
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spellingShingle Examining Kempe equivalence via commutative algebra
Ohsugi, Hidefumi
Tsuchiya, Akiyoshi
Combinatorics
Commutative Algebra
05C15, 13P10, 13F65
Kempe equivalence is a classical and important notion on vertex coloring in graph theory. In the present paper, we introduce several ideals associated with graphs and provide a method to determine whether two $k$-colorings are Kempe equivalent via commutative algebra. Moreover, we give a way to compute all $k$-colorings of a graph up to Kempe equivalence by virtue of the algebraic technique on Gröbner bases. As a consequence, the number of $k$-Kempe classes can be computed by using Hilbert functions. Finally, we introduce several algebraic algorithms related to Kempe equivalence.
title Examining Kempe equivalence via commutative algebra
topic Combinatorics
Commutative Algebra
05C15, 13P10, 13F65
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06027