Graph Coloring Theory 101

Color your graphs with the most basic yet most essential of theories.

What is Graph Coloring Theory?

Graph coloring theory is a field of study that's all about assigning colors to graphs. Not the kind of graph you draw in art class, but the kind of graph that's more like a map of connections.

Think of it like a game of "color by number." Each node gets a color, and if two nodes are connected, their colors can't be the same. It's like coloring a big ol' piece of graph paper.

Key Concepts:

Adjacency Matrix - A table that shows connections between nodes.

Graph Coloring Algorithms - Ways to efficiently assign colors to nodes, like the 4-Color Theorem.

Planar Graphs - Graphs you can draw on a piece of paper, without your pencil getting all tangled.

That's it! Now, go forth and color some graphs!

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