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Hardness of finding independent sets in almost 3-colorable graphs

  • Irit Dinur*
  • , Subhash Khot
  • , Will Perkins
  • , Muli Safra
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • New York University

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

15 Scopus citations

Abstract

For every ∈ > 0, and integer q ≥ 3, we show that given an N-vertex graph that has an induced q-colorable subgraph of size (1-∈)N, it is NP-hard to find an independent set of size N/q2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2010 IEEE 51st Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2010
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages212-221
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9780769542447
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Event51st Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2010 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 23 Oct 2010 → 26 Oct 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings - Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS
ISSN (Print)0272-5428

Conference

Conference51st Annual IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, FOCS 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period23/10/10 → 26/10/10

Keywords

  • Graph coloring
  • Hardness of approximation
  • PCPs

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