The Pseudoachromatic Number of a Graph
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The pseudoachromatic number of a graph G is the maximum size of a vertex partition of G (where the sets of the partition may or may not be independent) such that, between any two distinct parts, there is at least one edge of G. This parameter is determined for graphs such as cycles, paths, wheels, certain complete multipartite graphs, and for other classes of graphs. Some open problems are raised.
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تاریخ انتشار 2000