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In this paper, a new method is used to calculate the chromatic polynomials of graphs. The chromatic polynomials of the complements of a wheel and a fan are determined. Furthermore, the adjoint polynomials of F n with n vertices are obtained. This supports a conjecture put forward by R.Y. Liu et al.
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Supported by Foundation of Beijing Jiaotong University and by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10271017, No. 60373030) and Beijing National Science Foundation (No. 1012003)
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Hao, Rx., Liu, Yp. On Chromatic Polynomials of Some Kinds of Graphs. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series 20, 239–246 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-004-0164-0
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