chromatic polynomial

polynomial defined from a node-link graph, that counts the number of graph colorings as a function of the number of colors
Thing graph_property Q1087609
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chromatic polynomial

Summary

chromatic polynomial is a graph property[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of graph_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • chromatic polynomial's image is recorded as Chromatic polynomial of all 3-vertex graphs BW with colorings.png[3].
  • chromatic polynomial's instance of is recorded as graph property[4].
  • chromatic polynomial's based on is recorded as chromatic number[5].
  • chromatic polynomial's subclass of is recorded as monic polynomial[6].
  • chromatic polynomial's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057xrxp[7].
  • chromatic polynomial's facet of is recorded as vertex coloring[8].
  • chromatic polynomial's studied by is recorded as graph theory[9].
  • chromatic polynomial's MathWorld ID is recorded as ChromaticPolynomial[10].
  • chromatic polynomial's Quora topic ID is recorded as Chromatic-Polynomial[11].
  • chromatic polynomial's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[12].
  • chromatic polynomial's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 126385604[13].
  • chromatic polynomial's PlanetMath ID is recorded as ChromaticPolynomial[14].
  • chromatic polynomial's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C126385604[15].
  • chromatic polynomial's counts is recorded as vertex coloring[16].

Why It Matters

chromatic polynomial ranks in the top 7% of graph_property entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (88 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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