Chromatic Numbers of Small Paley Graphs
In each case, except 229, the chromatic number is determined by the
independence number, i.e., ω = ⌈ q / α ⌉.
Note that the last entry was done as a test. It turned out to be
an easy one because Paley(797) is the graph
that gives the current lower bound for the Ramsey number R(10,10), and thus
has a relatively small independence number (9).
Prime Power | Independence Number | Chromatic Number |
5 | 2 | 3 |
13 | 3 | 5 |
17 | 3 | 6 |
29 | 4 | 8 |
37 | 4 | 10 |
41 | 5 | 9 |
53 | 5 | 11 |
61 | 5 | 13 |
73 | 5 | 15 |
89 | 5 | 18 |
97 | 6 | 17 |
101 | 5 | 21 |
109 | 6 | 19 |
113 | 7 | 17 |
137 | 7 | 20 |
149 | 7 | 22 |
157 | 7 | 23 |
173 | 8 | 22 |
181 | 7 | 26 |
193 | 7 | 28 |
197 | 8 | 25 |
229 | 9 | 26 or 27 |
233 | 7 | 34 |
241 | 7 | 35 |
257 | 7 | 37 |
269 | 8 | 34 |
277 | 8 | 35 |
281 | 7 | 41 |
293 | 8 | 37 |
313 | 8 | 40 |
317 | 9 | 36 |
797 | 9 | 89 |