On the Generalized $\vartheta$-Number and Related Problems for Highly Symmetric Graphs
深入分析了图的广义ϑ数,该数可用于界定图的k-多色数及最大k-可着色子图问题,给出了Kneser图、循环图等图类的闭式表达式,并提供了乘积与和的上界。
This paper is an in-depth analysis of the generalized $\vartheta$-number of a graph. The generalized $\vartheta$-number, $\vartheta_k(G)$, serves as a bound for both the $k$-multichromatic number of a graph and the maximum $k$-colorable subgraph problem. We present various properties of $\vartheta_k(G)$, such as that the sequence $(\vartheta_k(G))_k$ is increasing and bounded from above by the order of the graph $G$. We study $\vartheta_k(G)$ when $G$ is the strong, disjunction, or Cartesian product of two graphs. We provide closed form expressions for the generalized $\vartheta$-number on several classes of graphs including the Kneser graphs, cycle graphs, strongly regular graphs, and orthogonality graphs. Our paper provides bounds on the product and sum of the $k$-multichromatic number of a graph and its complement graph, as well as lower bounds for the $k$-multichromatic number on several graph classes including the Hamming and Johnson graphs.