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Combinatorics & Optimization
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Title: The $k$-Independence Number
Speaker: Lord Kavi Affiliation: University of Ottawa Zoom: Contact Soffia ArnadottirAbstract:
An independent set, also known as a stable set or coclique, in a graph is a set of vertices, no two of which are adjacent. The size of a largest independent set is called the independence number. Two classical eigenvalue bounds on the independence number, proved using eigenvalue interlacing are the Hoffman's ratio bound and the Cvetkovi\'{c}'s inertia bound.
Combinatorics & Optimization
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: 519-888-4567, ext 33038
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