International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Volume 6 (1983), Issue 2, Pages 279-283
doi:10.1155/S016117128300023X

On the structure of a triangle-free infinite-chromatic graph of Gyarfas

Larry Eggan1 and Frank Harary2

1Mathematical Reviews, Ann Arbor 48109, MI, USA
2Churchill College, Cambridge CV3 ODS, United Kingdom

Abstract

Gyárfás has recently constructed an elegant new example of a triangle-free infinite graph G with infinite chromatic number. We analyze its structure by studying the properties of a nested family of subgraphs Gn whose union is G.