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Chromatic number and spectral radius

Vladimir Nikiforov

math.COarXiv:math/0702723

Abstract

Let G be a graph, H be its chromatic number, L be the largest eigenvalue of its Laplacian, and M be the largest eigenvalue of its adjacency matrix. Then, complementing a well-known result of Hoffman, we show that L>=(H/(H-1))M

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