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Edge Coloring

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VIZING'S THEOREM
Chromatic index of a graph G is either tex2html_wrap_inline252

CLIQUE OPTIMIZATION
Given a graph, find the size of the maximum clique in G.

CLIQUE DECISION
Given G and integer k, does G have a k-clique?

CLIQUE SEARCH
Given G, find a maximum clique of G.

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KURATOWSKI'S THEOREM
A graph is planar iff it is not homomorphically reducible to either tex2html_wrap_inline245 or tex2html_wrap_inline247

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SAT (SATISFIABILITY)

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Satisfying Truth Assignment

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Variables: tex2html_wrap_inline258

Literals: tex2html_wrap_inline260

Clauses: tex2html_wrap_inline262

SAT: Given n variables and m clauses over these variables, is there a satisfying truth assignment?

3SAT: All clauses have exactly 3 literals.

2SAT: Can be solved in polynomial time.



Sushil Prasad
Thu May 13 13:03:52 EDT 1999