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Main Authors: Kuffner, Luis, Naserasr, Reza, Wang, Lujia, Yu, Xiaowei, Zhou, Huan, Zhu, Xuding
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20001
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author Kuffner, Luis
Naserasr, Reza
Wang, Lujia
Yu, Xiaowei
Zhou, Huan
Zhu, Xuding
author_facet Kuffner, Luis
Naserasr, Reza
Wang, Lujia
Yu, Xiaowei
Zhou, Huan
Zhu, Xuding
contents The Kneser signed graph $\KS(n,k)$, $k\leq n$, is the graph whose vertices are signed $k$-subsets of $[n]$ (i.e. $k$-subsets $S$ of $\{ \pm 1, \pm 2, \ldots, \pm n\}$ such that $S\cap (-S)=\emptyset$). Two vertices $A$ and $B$ are adjacent with a positive edge if $A\cap (-B)=\emptyset$ and with a negative edge if $A\cap B=\emptyset$. We prove that the balanced chromatic number of $\KS(n,k)$ is $n-k+1$. We then introduce the signed analogue of Schrijver graphs and show that they form vertex-critical subgraphs of $\KS(n,k)$ with respect to balanced colouring. Further connection to topological methods, in particular, connection to Borsuk signed graphs is also considered.
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spellingShingle Colouring signed analogues of Kneser, Schrijver, and Borsuk graphs
Kuffner, Luis
Naserasr, Reza
Wang, Lujia
Yu, Xiaowei
Zhou, Huan
Zhu, Xuding
Combinatorics
The Kneser signed graph $\KS(n,k)$, $k\leq n$, is the graph whose vertices are signed $k$-subsets of $[n]$ (i.e. $k$-subsets $S$ of $\{ \pm 1, \pm 2, \ldots, \pm n\}$ such that $S\cap (-S)=\emptyset$). Two vertices $A$ and $B$ are adjacent with a positive edge if $A\cap (-B)=\emptyset$ and with a negative edge if $A\cap B=\emptyset$. We prove that the balanced chromatic number of $\KS(n,k)$ is $n-k+1$. We then introduce the signed analogue of Schrijver graphs and show that they form vertex-critical subgraphs of $\KS(n,k)$ with respect to balanced colouring. Further connection to topological methods, in particular, connection to Borsuk signed graphs is also considered.
title Colouring signed analogues of Kneser, Schrijver, and Borsuk graphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.20001