Absence of zeros for the chromatic polynomial on bounded degree graphs

Combinatorics Probability and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Borgs, Christian ^a  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPH THEORY;

CHROMATIC POLYNOMIAL; ZEROS;

POLYNOMIALS;

EID: 29744464068     PISSN: 09635483     EISSN: 14692163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963548305006942     Document Type: Article

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