Graph reconfiguration and colouring problems investigate the transition between feasible solutions of a graph colouring instance. The central challenge is to determine a series of elementary vertex ...

The graph colouring problem, a classic NP-hard challenge, is central to many practical applications such as scheduling, resource allocation and network management. Recent advances have seen the ...

Four years ago, the mathematician Maria Chudnovsky faced an all-too-common predicament: how to seat 120 wedding guests, some of whom did not get along, at a dozen or so conflict-free tables. Luckily, ...

A theorem for coloring a large class of “perfect” mathematical networks could ease the way for a long-sought general coloring proof. Four years ago, the mathematician Maria Chudnovsky faced an all-too ...

If true, the following conjecture of Thomassen [Th81] is a planarity criterion for a special class of graphs that involves only K 5. Recall that a planar graph on n vertices contains at most 3n-6 ...

In the fall of 1972, Vance Faber was a new professor at the University of Colorado. When two influential mathematicians, Paul Erdős and László Lovász, came for a visit, Faber decided to host a tea ...