Chromatic polynomials and their zeros and asymptotic limits for families of graphs

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 421-446

  Shrock, Robert ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035961996     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(00)00336-8     Document Type: Article

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