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Counterexamples to the weak Hedetniemi Conjecture

Aug 2026 · 1 citation · 17 references
Mathematics

Abstract

For any $n$, there exists finite simple graphs $G$ and $H$ such that $\chi(G),\chi(H)>n$ and $\chi(G \times H) = 4$.

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