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Minors in Graphs with High Chromatic Number
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2011
Abstract
We develop lower bounds on the Hadwiger number h(G) of graphs G with high chromatic number. In particular, if G has n vertices and chromatic number k then h(G) ≥ (4k − n)/3.
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