{"title":"An algebraic characterization of 𝑘–colorability","authors":"Ramón Flores, Delaram Kahrobaei, T. Koberda","doi":"10.1090/proc/15391","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We characterize $k$--colorability of a simplicial graph via the intrinsic algebraic structure of the associated right-angled Artin group. As a consequence, we show that a certain problem about the existence of homomorphisms from right-angled Artin groups to products of free groups is NP--complete.","PeriodicalId":8427,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Group Theory","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv: Group Theory","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/15391","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We characterize $k$--colorability of a simplicial graph via the intrinsic algebraic structure of the associated right-angled Artin group. As a consequence, we show that a certain problem about the existence of homomorphisms from right-angled Artin groups to products of free groups is NP--complete.