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The complexity of the coloring problem is known for all hereditary classes defined by two connected 5-vertex forbidden induced subgraphs except 13 cases. We update this result by proving polynomial-time solvability of the problem for two of the mentioned 13 classes.
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The research is partially supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Grant No 14-01-00515-a; by LATNA laboratory, National Research University Higher School of Economics, RF government Grant, ag. 11.G34.31.00357; by RF President Grant MK-1148.2013.1.
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Malyshev, D.S. Two cases of polynomial-time solvability for the coloring problem. J Comb Optim 31, 833–845 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10878-014-9792-3
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