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    Minimum Vertex Coloring

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    A vertex coloring is an assignment of labels or colors to each vertex of a graph such that no edge connects two identically colored vertices. A vertex coloring that minimize the number of colors needed for a given graph G is known as a minimum vertex coloring of G. The minimum number of colors itself is called the chromatic number, denoted χ(G), and a graph with chromatic number χ(G) = k is said to be a k-chromatic graph. Brelaz's heuristic algorithm can be used to find a good, but not necessarily minimum vertex coloring. Finding a minimal coloring can be done using brute-force search, though more sophisticated methods can be substantially faster.

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