Let G be a simple graph and (G,) denotes the number of proper vertex colourings of G with at most  colours, which is for a fixed graph G , a polynomial in  , which is called the chromatic polynomial of G . Using the chromatic polynomial of some specific graphs, we obtain the chromatic polynomials of some nanostars.

The packing chromatic number χρ(G) of a graphG is the smallest integer k such that the vertex set of G can be partitioned into sets Vi, i ∈ [k], where each Vi is an i-packing. In this paper, we investigate for a given triple (a, b, c) of positive integers whether there exists a graph G such that ω(G) = a, χ(G) = b, and χρ(G) = c. If so, we say that (a, b, c) is realizable. It is proved that b =...

We prove that the adaptable chromatic number of a graph is at least asymptotic to the square root of the chromatic number. This is best possible. Consider a graph G where each edge of G is assigned a colour from {1, ..., k} (this is not necessarily a proper edge colouring). A k-adapted colouring is an assignment of colours from {1, ..., k} to the vertices of G such that there is no edge with th...

We prove the conjecture of A. Postnikov that (A) the number of regions in the inversion hyperplane arrangement associated with a permutation w ∈ Sn is at most the number of elements below w in the Bruhat order, and (B) that equality holds if and only if w avoids the patterns 4231, 35142, 42513 and 351624. Furthermore, assertion (A) is extended to all finite reflection groups. A byproduct of thi...