Colouring signed Kneser, Schrijver, and Borsuk graphs

Autor: Kuffner, Luis, Naserasr, Reza, Wang, Lujia, Yu, Xiaowei, Zhou, Huan, Zhu, Xuding
Rok vydání: 2024
Předmět:
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
Popis: The signed Kneser graph $SK(n,k)$, $k\leq n$, is the graph whose vertices are signed $k$-subsets of $[n]$ (i.e. $k$-subsets $S$ of $\{ \pm 1, \pm 2, \ldots, \pm n\}$ such that $S\cap -S=\emptyset$). Two vertices $A$ and $B$ are adjacent with a positive edge if $A\cap -B=\emptyset$ and with a negative edge if $A\cap B=\emptyset$. We prove that the balanced chromatic number of $SK(n,k)$ is $n-k+1$. We then introduce the signed analogue of Schrijver graphs and show that they form vertex-critical subgraphs of $SK(n,k)$ with respect to balanced colouring. Further connection to topological methods, in particular, connection to signed Borsuk graphs is also considered.
Databáze: arXiv