Department of Computer Science | Institute of Theoretical Computer Science | CADMO
Prof. Emo Welzl and Prof. Bernd Gärtner
Mittagsseminar Talk Information |
Date and Time: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 12:15 pm
Duration: 30 minutes
Location: OAT S15/S16/S17
Speaker: Jan Foniok (Queen's University)
Theorem (Geller, Stahl): Let G be a graph. Then the lexicographic product G[K2] is n-colourable if and only if G admits a homomorphism to the Kneser graph K(n,2).
Theorem (El-Zahar, Sauer): For two graphs G and H, the categorial product G × H is n-colourable if and only if G admits a homomorphism to the exponential graph KnH.
What do these two theorems have in common? Each is an example of the same phenomenon, known in category theory as adjoint functors. I will explain what they are and show some other applications, such as a circular version of the Gallai–Roy (–Hasse–Vitaver) Theorem.
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