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Timeline for Graph 5-Coloring

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Aug 16, 2018 at 10:31 history edited lynn CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 15, 2018 at 19:40 comment added Neil Well, you can easily improve the speed to \$O(4^n)\$, no?
Aug 15, 2018 at 19:23 history edited lynn CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 15, 2018 at 18:09 comment added lynn Now it checks all the colorings in lexicographic order :) so it's deterministic and O(5^n), but a lot slower for most inputs.
Aug 15, 2018 at 18:08 history edited lynn CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 15, 2018 at 18:02 comment added Rushabh Mehta Ah, I see, I've misunderstood. Interesting approach!
Aug 15, 2018 at 17:59 comment added lynn My code randomly generates graph colorings and checks them until it generates a correct graph coloring, which it then prints upon exiting. In the case you describe it'd start over and hopefully not color those 5 nodes all 5 available colors.
Aug 15, 2018 at 17:56 comment added Rushabh Mehta Suppose that a given node in your graph is surrounded by 5 other nodes, which you've already colored the 5 colors you are allowed.
Aug 15, 2018 at 17:51 comment added Rushabh Mehta I'll try to build a test case to break this
Aug 15, 2018 at 17:50 history edited lynn CC BY-SA 4.0
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Aug 15, 2018 at 17:50 comment added Rushabh Mehta Nice effort, but I do believe you are missing one component. What about the case where a node is surrounded by 5 different colors?
Aug 15, 2018 at 17:49 history answered lynn CC BY-SA 4.0