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Brooks' Theorem


The chromatic number of a graph is at most the maximum vertex degree Delta, unless the graph is complete or an odd cycle, in which case Delta+1 colors are required.


See also

Chromatic Number, Vizing's Theorem

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References

Brooks, R. L. "On Coloring the Nodes of a Network." Proc. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 37, 194-197, 1941.Lovász, L. "Three Short Proofs in Graph Theory." J. Combin. Th. Ser. B 19, 111-113, 1975.Skiena, S. Implementing Discrete Mathematics: Combinatorics and Graph Theory with Mathematica. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, p. 215, 1990.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Brooks' Theorem." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BrooksTheorem.html

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