A2.8
Part II, 2004
(i) State a result of Euler, relating the number of vertices, edges and faces of a plane graph. Show that if is a plane graph then .
(ii) Define the chromatic polynomial of a graph . Show that
where are non-negative integers. Explain, with proof, how the chromatic polynomial is related to the number of vertices, edges and triangles in . Show that if is a cycle of length , then