What is Graph Colouring? - A Brief Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science

Thread starter Sarfaraz Equbal
Start date Sep 10, 2022

In summary, graph colouring is a fundamental problem in theoretical computer science that involves assigning colours to the vertices of a graph in such a way that no adjacent vertices have the same colour. The goal of graph colouring is to minimize the number of colours required to colour a given graph, also known as the chromatic number. This problem has numerous real-world applications, such as scheduling, map coloring, and register allocation in compilers. It is considered an NP-hard problem, meaning that no efficient algorithm exists to solve it in polynomial time. Thus, researchers have developed various heuristics and approximation algorithms to tackle graph colouring and its many variations.

Sep 10, 2022

Sarfaraz Equbal

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Hi I am Sarfaraz Equbal computer science Research student. Currently I am working on Theoretical computer science. My area of interest is graph colouring.