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Graphs with Odd Cycle Lengths 5 and 7 are 3-Colorable

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Submitted: 12 June 2009
Accepted: 03 September 2010
Published online: 19 July 2011

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ISSN (print): 0895-4801
ISSN (online): 1095-7146
CODEN: sjdmec

Let L(G) denote the set of all odd cycle lengths of a graph G. Gyárfás gave an upper bound for χ(G) depending on the size of this set: if |L(G)|=k1, then χ(G)2k+1 unless some block of G is a K2k+2, in which case χ(G)=2k+2. This bound is generally tight, but when investigating L(G) of special forms, better results can be obtained. Wang completely analyzed the case L(G)={3,5}; Camacho proved that if L(G)={k,k+2}, k5, then χ(G)4. We show that L(G)={5,7} implies χ(G)=3.

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