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Lovász: on the Shannon capacity of a graph

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Combinatorics and discrete mathematics · THEOREM

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What changed

Introduced the theta upper bound and determined the five-cycle's Shannon capacity.

Scientific scope

The record is Lovász's sole-author 1979 paper and its zero-error graph-capacity results. It does not make Shannon capacity computable for every graph or absorb later semidefinite and quantum generalizations.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Lovász's sole-author 1979 paper and its zero-error graph-capacity results. It does not make Shannon capacity computable for every graph or absorb later semidefinite and quantum generalizations.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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