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Three-colourability problem

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This decision problem asks whether a finite undirected graph has a graph colouring with three colours. It is NP-complete: a colouring certifies membership in NP, while 3-SAT reduces using Boolean-pair colouring gadgets and three-colour clause gadgets.

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