Exercise 9 . Prove or disprove: the chromatic number of a graph is equal to the number of distinct linear factors in its chromatic polynomial.

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Exercise 9
. Prove or disprove: the chromatic number of a graph is equal to the number
of distinct linear factors in its chromatic polynomial.
Transcribed Image Text:Exercise 9 . Prove or disprove: the chromatic number of a graph is equal to the number of distinct linear factors in its chromatic polynomial.
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