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arxiv: 1804.05529 · v1 · pith:7CDQVAFAnew · submitted 2018-04-16 · 💻 cs.IT · math.CO· math.IT

A Bound on the Shannon Capacity via a Linear Programming Variation

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We prove an upper bound on the Shannon capacity of a graph via a linear programming variation. We show that our bound can outperform both the Lov\'asz theta number and the Haemers minimum rank bound. As a by-product, we also obtain a new upper bound on the broadcast rate of Index Coding.

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