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Graph Coloring · Challenge problem

With 44 colors available, the wheel WnW_n (hub plus an nn-cycle rim) has chromatic polynomial value P(Wn,4)P(W_n,4) counting its proper colorings. What is the smallest nn for which P(Wn,4)>1000P(W_n,4) > 1000?