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.

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 Strong Edge Coloring of Generalized Petersen Graphs

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 1265
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Lianying Miao ◽  
Shan Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Petersen Graph ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Induced Matching ◽  
Generalized Petersen Graph ◽  
Generalized Petersen Graphs ◽  
Strong Chromatic Index ◽  
Color Class ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Petersen Graphs

A strong edge coloring of a graph G is a proper edge coloring such that every color class is an induced matching. In 2018, Yang and Wu proposed a conjecture that every generalized Petersen graph P(n,k) with k≥4 and n>2k can be strong edge colored with (at most) seven colors. Although the generalized Petersen graph P(n,k) is a kind of special graph, the strong chromatic index of P(n,k) is still unknown. In this paper, we support the conjecture by showing that the strong chromatic index of every generalized Petersen graph P(n,k) with k≥4 and n>2k is at most 9.

(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].

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.

On the Adjacent Vertex Distinguishing Proper Edge Colorings of Several Classes of Complete 5-Partite Graphs

2013 ◽  
Vol 333-335 ◽  
pp. 1452-1455
Author(s):  
Chun Yan Ma ◽  
Xiang En Chen ◽  
Fang Yang ◽  
Bing Yao
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Adjacent Vertex ◽  
Chromatic Numbers ◽  
Edge Colorings ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Minimum Number

A proper $k$-edge coloring of a graph $G$ is an assignment of $k$ colors, $1,2,\cdots,k$, to edges of $G$. For a proper edge coloring $f$ of $G$ and any vertex $x$ of $G$, we use $S(x)$ denote the set of thecolors assigned to the edges incident to $x$. If for any two adjacent vertices $u$ and $v$ of $G$, we have $S(u)\neq S(v)$,then $f$ is called the adjacent vertex distinguishing proper edge coloring of $G$ (or AVDPEC of $G$ in brief). The minimum number of colors required in an AVDPEC of $G$ is called the adjacent vertex distinguishing proper edge chromatic number of $G$, denoted by $\chi^{'}_{\mathrm{a}}(G)$. In this paper, adjacent vertex distinguishing proper edge chromatic numbers of several classes of complete 5-partite graphs are obtained.

scholarly journals Introduction to dominated edge chromatic number of a graph

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-257
Author(s):  
Mohammad R. Piri ◽  
Saeid Alikhani
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Color Class ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Minimum Number

We introduce and study the dominated edge coloring of a graph. A dominated edge coloring of a graph \(G\), is a proper edge coloring of \(G\) such that each color class is dominated by at least one edge of \(G\). The minimum number of colors among all dominated edge coloring is called the dominated edge chromatic number, denoted by \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\). We obtain some properties of \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\) and compute it for specific graphs. Also examine the effects on \(\chi_{dom}^{\prime}(G)\), when \(G\) is modified by operations on vertex and edge of \(G\). Finally, we consider the \(k\)-subdivision of \(G\) and study the dominated edge chromatic number of these kind of graphs.

scholarly journals Acyclic chromatic index of fully subdivided graphs and Halin graphs

2012 ◽  
Vol Vol. 14 no. 2 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Manu Basavaraju
Keyword(s):  
Rooted Tree ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Direct Proof ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Acyclic Edge Coloring ◽  
Halin Graph ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Acyclic Chromatic Index

Graph Theory International audience An acyclic edge coloring of a graph is a proper edge coloring such that there are no bichromatic cycles. The acyclic chromatic index of a graph is the minimum number k such that there is an acyclic edge coloring using k colors and is denoted by a'(G). A graph G is called fully subdivided if it is obtained from another graph H by replacing every edge by a path of length at least two. Fully subdivided graphs are known to be acyclically edge colorable using Δ+1 colors since they are properly contained in 2-degenerate graphs which are acyclically edge colorable using Δ+1 colors. Muthu, Narayanan and Subramanian gave a simple direct proof of this fact for the fully subdivided graphs. Fiamcik has shown that if we subdivide every edge in a cubic graph with at most two exceptions to get a graph G, then a'(G)=3. In this paper we generalise the bound to Δ for all fully subdivided graphs improving the result of Muthu et al. In particular, we prove that if G is a fully subdivided graph and Δ(G) ≥3, then a'(G)=Δ(G). Consider a graph G=(V,E), with E=E(T) ∪E(C) where T is a rooted tree on the vertex set V and C is a simple cycle on the leaves of T. Such a graph G is called a Halin graph if G has a planar embedding and T has no vertices of degree 2. Let Kn denote a complete graph on n vertices. Let G be a Halin graph with maximum degree Δ. We prove that, a'(G) = 5 if G is K4, 4 if Δ = 3 and G is not K4, and Δ otherwise.

scholarly journals A Polynomial Time Algorithm to Find the Star Chromatic Index of Trees

10.37236/9202 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Behnaz Omoomi ◽  
Elham Roshanbin ◽  
Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi
Keyword(s):  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring

A star edge coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper edge coloring of $G$ such that  every path and cycle of length four in $G$  uses at least three different colors. The star chromatic index of a graph $G$ is the smallest integer $k$ for which $G$ admits a star edge coloring with $k$ colors.  In this paper,  we present a polynomial time algorithm that finds an optimum star edge coloring for every tree. We also provide some tight bounds on the star chromatic index of trees with diameter at most four, and using these bounds we find a formula for the star chromatic index of certain families of trees.

scholarly journals The Dominator Edge Coloring of Graphs

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Minhui Li ◽  
Shumin Zhang ◽  
Caiyun Wang ◽  
Chengfu Ye
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Edge Coloring ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Edge Colorings ◽  
Color Class ◽  
Proper Edge Coloring ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Let G be a simple graph. A dominator edge coloring (DE-coloring) of G is a proper edge coloring in which each edge of G is adjacent to every edge of some color class (possibly its own class). The dominator edge chromatic number (DEC-number) of G is the minimum number of color classes among all dominator edge colorings of G , denoted by χ d ′ G . In this paper, we establish the bounds of the DEC-number of a graph, present the DEC-number of special graphs, and study the relationship of the DEC-number between G and the operations of G .

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