4-coloring ($P_6$, bull)-free graphs
Résumé
We present a polynomial-time algorithm that determines whether a graph that contains no induced path on six vertices and no bull (the graph with vertices $a,b,c,d,e$ and edges $ab,bc,cd,be,ce$) is $4$-colorable. We also show that for any fixed $k$ the $k$-coloring problem can be solved in polynomial time in the class of ($P_6$, bull, gem)-free graphs.