(1,0)-Relaxed strong edge list coloring of planar graphs with girth 6

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (06) ◽  
pp. 1950064
Author(s):  
Kai Lin ◽  
Min Chen ◽  
Dong Chen
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
List Coloring ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Number Formula ◽  
Edge List

Let [Formula: see text] be a graph. An [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge [Formula: see text]-coloring is a mapping [Formula: see text] such that for any edge [Formula: see text], there are at most [Formula: see text] edges adjacent to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] edges which are distance two apart from [Formula: see text] assigned the same color as [Formula: see text]. The [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong chromatic index, denoted by [Formula: see text], is the minimum number [Formula: see text] of an [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong [Formula: see text]-edge-coloring admitted by [Formula: see text]. [Formula: see text] is called [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge [Formula: see text]-colorable if for a given list assignment [Formula: see text], there exists an [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge coloring [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text]. If [Formula: see text] is [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge [Formula: see text]-colorable for any list assignment with [Formula: see text] for all [Formula: see text], then [Formula: see text] is said to be [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge [Formula: see text]-choosable. The [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong list chromatic index, denoted by [Formula: see text], is defined to be the smallest integer [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] is [Formula: see text]-relaxed strong edge [Formula: see text]-choosable. In this paper, we prove that every planar graph [Formula: see text] with girth 6 satisfies that [Formula: see text]. This strengthens a result which says that every planar graph [Formula: see text] with girth 7 and [Formula: see text] satisfies that [Formula: see text].

Adjacent vertex distinguishing edge coloring of planar graphs without 3-cycles

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050035
Author(s):  
Danjun Huang ◽  
Xiaoxiu Zhang ◽  
Weifan Wang ◽  
Stephen Finbow
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Discrete Math ◽  
Adjacent Vertex ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Minimum Number

The adjacent vertex distinguishing edge coloring of a graph [Formula: see text] is a proper edge coloring of [Formula: see text] such that the color sets of any pair of adjacent vertices are distinct. The minimum number of colors required for an adjacent vertex distinguishing edge coloring of [Formula: see text] is denoted by [Formula: see text]. It is observed that [Formula: see text] when [Formula: see text] contains two adjacent vertices of degree [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we prove that if [Formula: see text] is a planar graph without 3-cycles, then [Formula: see text]. Furthermore, we characterize the adjacent vertex distinguishing chromatic index for planar graphs of [Formula: see text] and without 3-cycles. This improves a result from [D. Huang, Z. Miao and W. Wang, Adjacent vertex distinguishing indices of planar graphs without 3-cycles, Discrete Math. 338 (2015) 139–148] that established [Formula: see text] for planar graphs without 3-cycles.

scholarly journals On the Strong Chromatic Index of Sparse Graphs

10.37236/5390 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip DeOrsey ◽  
Michael Ferrara ◽  
Nathan Graber ◽  
Stephen G. Hartke ◽  
Luke L. Nelsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Combinatorial Nullstellensatz ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
General Bound

The strong chromatic index of a graph $G$, denoted $\chi'_s(G)$, is the least number of colors needed to edge-color $G$ so that edges at distance at most two receive distinct colors. The strong list chromatic index, denoted $\chi'_{s,\ell}(G)$, is the least integer $k$ such that if arbitrary lists of size $k$ are assigned to each edge then $G$ can be edge-colored from those lists where edges at distance at most two receive distinct colors.We use the discharging method, the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz, and computation to show that if $G$ is a subcubic planar graph with ${\rm girth}(G) \geq 41$ then $\chi'_{s,\ell}(G) \leq 5$, answering a question of Borodin and Ivanova [Precise upper bound for the strong edge chromatic number of sparse planar graphs, Discuss. Math. Graph Theory, 33(4), (2014) 759--770]. We further show that if $G$ is a subcubic planar graph and ${\rm girth}(G) \geq 30$, then $\chi_s'(G) \leq 5$, improving a bound from the same paper.Finally, if $G$ is a planar graph with maximum degree at most four and ${\rm girth}(G) \geq 28$, then $\chi'_s(G)N \leq 7$, improving a more general bound of Wang and Zhao from [Odd graphs and its applications to the strong edge coloring, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 325 (2018), 246-251] in this case.

Strong chromatic index of generalized Jahangir graphs and generalized Helm graphs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Srinivasan Thiru ◽  
S. Balaji
Keyword(s):  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Proper Coloring ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Different Color

The strong edge coloring of a graph G is a proper edge coloring that assigns a different color to any two edges which are at most two edges apart. The minimum number of color classes that contribute to such a proper coloring is said to be the strong chromatic index of G. This paper defines the strong chromatic index for the generalized Jahangir graphs and the generalized Helm graphs.

Planar graphs without intersecting 5-cycles are signed-4-choosable

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150151
Author(s):  
Seog-Jin Kim ◽  
Xiaowei Yu
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Discrete Math ◽  
Signed Graph ◽  
List Coloring ◽  
Minimum Integer ◽  
Number Formula ◽  
Choice Number ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Signature Formula

A signed graph is a pair [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is a graph and [Formula: see text] is a signature of [Formula: see text]. A set [Formula: see text] of integers is symmetric if [Formula: see text] implies that [Formula: see text]. Given a list assignment [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text], an [Formula: see text]-coloring of a signed graph [Formula: see text] is a coloring [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] for each [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] for every edge [Formula: see text]. The signed choice number [Formula: see text] of a graph [Formula: see text] is defined to be the minimum integer [Formula: see text] such that for any [Formula: see text]-list assignment [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] and for any signature [Formula: see text] on [Formula: see text], there is a proper [Formula: see text]-coloring of [Formula: see text]. List signed coloring is a generalization of list coloring. However, the difference between signed choice number and choice number can be arbitrarily large. Hu and Wu [Planar graphs without intersecting [Formula: see text]-cycles are [Formula: see text]-choosable, Discrete Math. 340 (2017) 1788–1792] showed that every planar graph without intersecting 5-cycles is 4-choosable. In this paper, we prove that [Formula: see text] if [Formula: see text] is a planar graph without intersecting 5-cycles, which extends the main result of [D. Hu and J. Wu, Planar graphs without intersecting [Formula: see text]-cycles are [Formula: see text]-choosable, Discrete Math. 340 (2017) 1788–1792].

scholarly journals Strong Chromatic Index of Graphs With Maximum Degree Four

10.37236/7016 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingfang Huang ◽  
Michael Santana ◽  
Gexin Yu
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Probabilistic Argument ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
Color Class ◽  
Minimum Number

A strong edge-coloring of a graph $G$ is a coloring of the edges such that every color class induces a matching in $G$. The strong chromatic index of a graph is the minimum number of colors needed in a strong edge-coloring of the graph. In 1985, Erdős and Nešetřil conjectured that every graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ has a strong edge-coloring using at most $\frac{5}{4}\Delta^2$ colors if $\Delta$ is even, and at most $\frac{5}{4}\Delta^2 - \frac{1}{2}\Delta + \frac{1}{4}$ if $\Delta$ is odd. Despite recent progress for large $\Delta$ by using an iterative probabilistic argument, the only nontrivial case of the conjecture that has been verified is when $\Delta = 3$, leaving the need for new approaches to verify the conjecture for any $\Delta\ge 4$. In this paper, we apply some ideas used in previous results to an upper bound of 21 for graphs with maximum degree 4, which improves a previous bound due to Cranston in 2006 and moves closer to the conjectured upper bound of 20.

scholarly journals Strong chromatic index of products of graphs

2007 ◽  
Vol Vol. 9 no. 1 (Graph and Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Togni
Keyword(s):  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Complete Graphs ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Induced Matching ◽  
Colour Class ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
International Audience

Graphs and Algorithms International audience The strong chromatic index of a graph is the minimum number of colours needed to colour the edges in such a way that each colour class is an induced matching. In this paper, we present bounds for strong chromatic index of three different products of graphs in term of the strong chromatic index of each factor. For the cartesian product of paths, cycles or complete graphs, we derive sharper results. In particular, strong chromatic indices of d-dimensional grids and of some toroidal grids are given along with approximate results on the strong chromatic index of generalized hypercubes.

Strong edge-coloring of subcubic planar graphs

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (01) ◽  
pp. 1750013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuehua Bu ◽  
Hongguo Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Edge Coloring

A strong[Formula: see text]-edge-coloring of a graph [Formula: see text] is a mapping [Formula: see text]: [Formula: see text], such that [Formula: see text] for every pair of distinct edges at distance at most two. The strong chromatical index of a graph [Formula: see text] is the least integer [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] has a strong-[Formula: see text]-edge-coloring, denoted by [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we prove [Formula: see text] for any subcubic planar graph with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]-cycles are not adjacent to [Formula: see text]-cycles.

scholarly journals Planar graphs have bounded nonrepetitive chromatic number

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vida Dujmović ◽  
Louis Esperet ◽  
Gwenaël Joret ◽  
Bartosz Walczak ◽  
David Wood
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Probabilistic Method ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Binary Representation ◽  
Strong Product ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Shaped Graph

The following seemingly simple question with surprisingly many connections to various problems in computer science and mathematics can be traced back to the beginning of the 20th century to the work of [Axel Thue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel_Thue): How many colors are needed to color the positive integers in a way such that no two consecutive segments of the same length have the same color pattern? Clearly, at least three colors are needed: if there was such a coloring with two colors, then any two consecutive integers would have different colors (otherwise, we would get two consecutive segments of length one with the same color pattern) and so the colors would have to alternate, i.e., any two consecutive segments of length two would have the same color pattern. Suprisingly, three colors suffice. The coloring can be constructed as follows. We first define a sequence of 0s and 1s recursively as follows: we start with 0 only and in each step we take the already constructed sequence, flip the 0s and 1s in it and append the resulting sequence at the end. In this way, we sequentially obtain the sequences 0, 01, 0110, 01101001, etc., which are all extensions of each other. The limiting infinite sequence is known as the [Thue-Morse sequence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thue%E2%80%93Morse_sequence). Another view of the sequence is that the $i$-th element is the parity of the number of 1s in the binary representation of $i-1$, i.e., it is one if the number is odd and zero if it is even. The coloring of integers is obtained by coloring an integer $i$ by the difference of the $(i+1)$-th and $i$-th entries in the Thue-Morse sequence, i.e., the sequence of colors will be 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 0, 1, 0, etc. One of the properties of the Thue-Morse sequence is that it does not containing two overlapping squares, i.e., there is no sequence X such that 0X0X0 or 1X1X1 would be a subsequence of the Thue-Morse sequence. This implies that the coloring of integers that we have constructed has no two consecutive segments with the same color pattern. The article deals with a generalization of this notion to graphs. The _nonrepetitive chromatic number_ of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of colors required to color the vertices of $G$ in such way that no path with an even number of vertices is comprised of two paths with the same color pattern. The construction presented above yields that the nonrepetitive chromatic number of every path with at least four vertices is three. The article answers in the positive the following question of Alon, Grytczuk, Hałuszczak and Riordan from 2002: Is the nonrepetitive chromatic number of planar graphs bounded? They show that the nonrepetitive chromatic number of every planar graph is at most 768 and provide generalizations to graphs embeddable to surfaces of higher genera and more generally to classes of graphs excluding a (topological) minor. Before their work, the best upper bound on the nonrepetitive chromatic number of planar graphs was logarithmic in their number of vertices, in addition to a universal upper bound quadratic in the maximum degree of a graph obtained using probabilistic method. The key ingredient for the argument presented in the article is the recent powerful result by Dujmović, Joret, Micek, Morin, Ueckerdt and Wood asserting that every planar graph is a subgraph of the strong product of a path and a graph of bounded tree-width (tree-shaped graph).

scholarly journals Distributed Coloring in Sparse Graphs with Fewer Colors

10.37236/8395 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Aboulker ◽  
Marthe Bonamy ◽  
Nicolas Bousquet ◽  
Louis Esperet
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Efficient Algorithm ◽  
Distributed Algorithm ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
List Coloring ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Four Color Theorem

This paper is concerned with efficiently coloring sparse graphs in the distributed setting with as few colors as possible. According to the celebrated Four Color Theorem, planar graphs can be colored with at most 4 colors, and the proof gives a (sequential) quadratic algorithm finding such a coloring. A natural problem is to improve this complexity in the distributed setting. Using the fact that planar graphs contain linearly many vertices of degree at most 6, Goldberg, Plotkin, and Shannon obtained a deterministic distributed algorithm coloring $n$-vertex planar graphs with 7 colors in $O(\log n)$ rounds. Here, we show how to color planar graphs with 6 colors in $\text{polylog}(n)$ rounds. Our algorithm indeed works more generally in the list-coloring setting and for sparse graphs (for such graphs we improve by at least one the number of colors resulting from an efficient algorithm of Barenboim and Elkin, at the expense of a slightly worst complexity). Our bounds on the number of colors turn out to be quite sharp in general. Among other results, we show that no distributed algorithm can color every $n$-vertex planar graph with 4 colors in $o(n)$ rounds.

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