Introduction to Graph Theory · Problem 6.5

Colorings — Darij Grinberg

Mathematics — Graph Theory · coprimality-graph-colorings

Problem

Let n∈Nn \in \mathbb{N}. Let GG be the nn-th coprimality graph Copn\mathrm{Cop}_n defined in Example 2.1.3. Let k∈Nk \in \mathbb{N}. Let mm be the number of prime numbers in the set {1,2,…,n}\{1, 2, \ldots, n\}. Prove the following: ((a)) The graph GG has a proper kk-coloring if and only if k≥m+1k \geq m + 1. ((b)) The graph GG has a subgraph isomorphic to KkK_k if and only if k≤m+1k \leq m + 1.

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