10/22 http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~ilyas/problems/coloring
If you know the answer, please e-mail me, but don't give it
away here. -- ilyas
\_ Don't ask us to do your homework for you, mr. cheaty-pants!
\_ I solved this already. I also received one solution from
someone on soda. -- ilyas
\_ "Small" as in fewest vertices or "small" as in some notion
the graph even need to be planar?
sufficient for planar graphs. -- ilyas
of Euclidean diameter or something like that? Also, an edge
can exist if and only if the distance is exactly 1? And can
edges intersect (provided the graph is still planar)? Hell, does
the graph even need to be planar? Can 2 vertices be assigned
to the same position in the plane?
\_ Small in a sense of fewest vertices. An edge can exist
if and only if the distance is exactly 1. Edges can intersect,
the graph does not need to be planar. Two distinct vertices
cannot occupy the same position on the plane. -- ilyas
\_ what's a 4-coloring? Does this question need more explaination?
\_ A 4-coloring is an assignment of colors to vertices, such
that no more than 4 colors are used, and no two adjacent
vertices share a color. The terminology I am using comes
from a related problem asking whether 4 colors are always
sufficient for planar graphs (which was solved by Appel
and Haken with the aid of a computer in 1976). -- ilyas |