Triangle-free graphs that do not contain an induced subdivision of K4 are 3-colorable

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2019-10

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Chudnovsky, Maria
Liu, Chun-Hung
Schaudt, Oliver
Spirkl, Sophie
Trotignon, Nicolas
Vušković, Kristina

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Wiley

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We show that triangle-free graphs that do not contain an induced subgraph isomorphic to a subdivision of K4 are 3-colorable. This proves a conjecture of Trotignon and Vušković.

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Chudnovsky, M., Liu, C.-H., Schaudt, O., Spirkl, S., Trotignon, N., & Vušković, K. (2019). Triangle-free graphs that do not contain an induced subdivision of K4 are 3-colorable. Journal of Graph Theory, 92(2), 67–95. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgt.22441, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jgt.22441. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.

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induced subdivision, triangle-free graphs

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