A lower bound for approximating the grundy number

Guy Kortsarz

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Abstract

The grundy number of a graph is the maximum number of colors used by on-line first-fit coloring, under the worst order of arrival of vertices. The grundy number problem is to find this ordering. We prove that there is a constant c > 1 so that approximating the grundy number problem within c is not possible, unless NP ⊆ RP

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7-22
Number of pages16
JournalDiscrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Volume9
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Approximation
  • Coloring
  • Grundy
  • Hardness
  • Number

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