id: 05146820 dt: j an: 05146820 au: Bielak, Halina ti: Chromatic properties of Hamiltonian graphs. so: Discrete Math. 307, No. 11-12, 1245-1254 (2007). py: 2007 pu: Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam la: EN cc: ut: chromatic polynomials; Hamiltonian path; zeros of chromatic polynomials ci: Zbl 0868.05034 li: doi:10.1016/j.disc.2005.11.061 ab: Summary: We study the problem of the location of real zeros of chromatic polynomials for some families of graphs. In particular, a problem presented by {\it C. Thomassen} [Comb. Probab. Comput. 5, 437‒442 (1996; Zbl 0868.05034)] is discussed and a result for Hamiltonian graphs is presented. An open problem is stated for 2-connected graphs with a Hamiltonian path. rv: