Chromatic numbers of graphs – large gaps

Abstract. We say that a graph G is (0,κ)-chromatic if Chr(G)=κ, while Chr(G)0 for any subgraph G of G of size <|G|.

The main result of this paper reads as follows.
If  ◻λ+CHλ holds for a given uncountable cardinal λ, then for every cardinal κλ, there exists an (0,κ)-chromatic graph of size λ+.

We also study (0,λ+)-chromatic graphs of size λ+. In particular, it is proved that if 0 does not exist, then for every singular strong limit cardinal λ, there exists an (0,λ+)-chromatic graph of size λ+.

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A. Rinot, Chromatic numbers of graphs – large gaps, Combinatorica, 35(2): 215-233, 2015.

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6 Responses to Chromatic numbers of graphs – large gaps

  1. Dani Soukup says:

    That really is a simple method! Nice one Assaf!

  2. saf says:

    Submitted to Combinatorica, January 2013.
    Accepted, April 2013.

    • Hi Assaf. It is a nice paper! (By the way, none of the references I looked at had anything as detailed as your results on changing chromatic numbers.)

      • saf says:

        Thanks a lot for checking!

        p.s.
        In addition to the results I told you about, I found more, including a ZFC example of an uncountably chromatic graph that can be made countably chromatic via a c.c.c. forcing, and that GCH entails analogous statements for successors of regulars above aleph1.

  3. saf says:

    It turns out there is no need for a nonreflecting stationary set!
    In an upcoming paper with Chris Lambie-Hanson, we shall show that moreover the existence of an almost countably chromatic graph of size and chromatic number kappa is consistent with the reflection of the countable coloring number for graphs of size κ.

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