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k-coloring

(definition)

Definition: 1) The assignment of k colors (or any distinct marks) to the vertices of a graph. 2) The assignment of k colors to the edges of a graph.

A coloring is a proper coloring if no two adjacent vertices or edges have the same color.

See also edge coloring, vertex coloring.

Author: ME


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Mustafa Ege, "k-coloring", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/kcoloring.html