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k-Partite Graph


A k-partite graph is a graph whose graph vertices can be partitioned into k disjoint sets so that no two vertices within the same set are adjacent.

Determining whether a graph is k-partite for k>=3 is NP-complete (Karp 1972).


See also

Complete k-Partite Graph, k-Chromatic Graph, k-Colorable Graph

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References

Karp, R. M. "Reducibility Among Combinatorial Problems." In Complexity of Computer Computations, Proc. Sympos. IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, N.Y., 1972 (Ed. R. E. Miller and J. W. Thatcher). New York: Plenum, pp. 85-103, 1972.Saaty, T. L. and Kainen, P. C. The Four-Color Problem: Assaults and Conquest. New York: Dover, p. 12, 1986.

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