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Two graph-colouring games

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Frank Harary
Affiliation:
Department of Computer Science, New Mexcico State University, Las Cruces NM 88003, United States of America
Zsolt Tuza
Affiliation:
Computer and Automation Institute Hungarian Academy of Sciences, H-1111 Budepest Kendu u. 13-17, Hungary
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We introduce two graph-colouring 2-person games, and analyse who has a winning strategy on some specific graphs such as the Petersen graph, and paths and cycles of given length.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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