On Sampling Colorings of Bipartite Graphs
We study the problem of efficiently sampling k-colorings of bipartite graphs. We show that a class of markov chains cannot be used as efficient samplers. Precisely, we show that, for any k, 6 ≤ k ≤ n {1/3-ε}, ε > 0 fixed, almost every bipartite graph on n+n vertices is such that the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
2006-01-01
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Series: | Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science |
Online Access: | http://www.dmtcs.org/dmtcs-ojs/index.php/dmtcs/article/view/448 |