On a recolouring version of Hadwigers conjecture


Abstract in English

We prove that for any $varepsilon>0$, for any large enough $t$, there is a graph $G$ that admits no $K_t$-minor but admits a $(frac32-varepsilon)t$-colouring that is frozen with respect to Kempe changes, i.e. any two colour classes induce a connected component. This disproves three conjectures of Las Vergnas and Meyniel from 1981.

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