scholarly journals Extension from Precoloured Sets of Edges

10.37236/6303 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Edwards ◽  
António Girão ◽  
Jan Van den Heuvel ◽  
Ross J. Kang ◽  
Gregory J. Puleo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Edge Colourings

We consider precolouring extension problems for proper edge-colourings of graphs and multigraphs, in an attempt to prove stronger versions of Vizing's and Shannon's bounds on the chromatic index of (multi)graphs in terms of their maximum degree $\Delta$. We are especially interested in the following question: when is it possible to extend a precoloured matching to a colouring of all edges of a (multi)graph? This question turns out to be related to the notorious List Colouring Conjecture and other classic notions of choosability.

scholarly journals Bounds for Distinguishing Invariants of Infinite Graphs

10.37236/6362 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilfried Imrich ◽  
Rafał Kalinowski ◽  
Monika Pilśniak ◽  
Mohammad Hadi Shekarriz
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Infinite Graphs ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Distinguishing Number ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Edge Colourings ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Vertex Colouring

We consider infinite graphs. The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the minimum number of colours in a vertex colouring of $G$ that is preserved only by the trivial automorphism. An analogous invariant for edge colourings is called the distinguishing index, denoted by $D'(G)$. We prove that $D'(G)\leq D(G)+1$. For proper colourings, we study relevant invariants called the distinguishing chromatic number $\chi_D(G)$, and the distinguishing chromatic index $\chi'_D(G)$, for vertex and edge colourings, respectively. We show that $\chi_D(G)\leq 2\Delta(G)-1$ for graphs with a finite maximum degree $\Delta(G)$, and we obtain substantially lower bounds for some classes of graphs with infinite motion. We also show that $\chi'_D(G)\leq \chi'(G)+1$, where $\chi'(G)$ is the chromatic index of $G$, and we prove a similar result $\chi''_D(G)\leq \chi''(G)+1$ for proper total colourings. A number of conjectures are formulated.

scholarly journals Vizing's 2-Factor Conjecture Involving Toughness and Maximum Degree Conditions

10.37236/7353 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinko Kanno ◽  
Songling Shan
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Hamiltonian Cycle ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Critical Graph ◽  
Degree Conditions ◽  
Delta G ◽  
Proper Subgraph

Let $G$ be a simple graph, and let $\Delta(G)$ and $\chi'(G)$ denote the maximum degree and chromatic index of $G$, respectively. Vizing proved that $\chi'(G)=\Delta(G)$ or $\chi'(G)=\Delta(G)+1$. We say $G$ is $\Delta$-critical if $\chi'(G)=\Delta(G)+1$ and $\chi'(H)<\chi'(G)$ for every proper subgraph $H$ of $G$. In 1968, Vizing conjectured that if $G$ is a $\Delta$-critical graph, then  $G$ has a 2-factor. Let $G$ be an $n$-vertex $\Delta$-critical graph. It was proved that if $\Delta(G)\ge n/2$, then $G$ has a 2-factor; and that if $\Delta(G)\ge 2n/3+13$, then $G$  has a hamiltonian cycle, and thus a 2-factor. It is well known that every 2-tough graph with at least three vertices has a 2-factor. We investigate the existence of a 2-factor in a $\Delta$-critical graph under "moderate" given toughness and  maximum degree conditions. In particular, we show that  if $G$ is an  $n$-vertex $\Delta$-critical graph with toughness at least 3/2 and with maximum degree at least $n/3$, then $G$ has a 2-factor. We also construct a family of graphs that have order $n$, maximum degree $n-1$, toughness at least $3/2$, but have no 2-factor. This implies that the $\Delta$-criticality in the result is needed. In addition, we develop new techniques in proving the existence of 2-factors in graphs.

scholarly journals On Decomposing Graphs of Large Minimum Degree into Locally Irregular Subgraphs

10.37236/5173 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakub Przybyło
Keyword(s):  
Connected Graph ◽  
Special Class ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Minimum Degree ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
Edge Colourings ◽  
Odd Cycles

A locally irregular graph is a graph whose adjacent vertices have distinct degrees. We say that a graph G can be decomposed into k locally irregular subgraphs if its edge set may be partitioned into k subsets each of which induces a locally irregular subgraph in G. It has been conjectured that apart from the family of exceptions which admit no such decompositions, i.e., odd paths, odd cycles and a special class of graphs of maximum degree 3, every connected graph can be decomposed into 3 locally irregular subgraphs. Using a combination of a probabilistic approach and some known theorems on degree constrained subgraphs of a given graph, we prove this to hold for graphs of minimum degree at least $10^{10}$. This problem is strongly related to edge colourings distinguishing neighbours by the pallets of their incident colours and to the 1-2-3 Conjecture. In particular, the contribution of this paper constitutes a strengthening of a result of Addario-Berry, Aldred, Dalal and Reed [J. Combin. Theory Ser. B 94 (2005) 237-244].

scholarly journals Star multigraphs with three vertices of maximum degree

1986 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. G. Chetwynd ◽  
A. J. W. Hilton
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Special Kind ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Simple Graphs ◽  
Multiple Edges ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Edge Colouring

The graphs we consider here are either simple graphs, that is they have no loops or multiple edges, or are multigraphs, that is they may have more than one edge joining a pair of vertices, but again have no loops. In particular we shall consider a special kind of multigraph, called a star-multigraph: this is a multigraph which contains a vertex v*, called the star-centre, which is incident with each non-simple edge. An edge-colouring of a multigraph G is a map ø: E(G)→, where is a set of colours and E(G) is the set of edges of G, such that no two edges receiving the same colour have a vertex in common. The chromatic index, or edge-chromatic numberχ′(G) of G is the least value of || for which an edge-colouring of G exists. Generalizing a well-known theorem of Vizing [14], we showed in [6] that, for a star-multigraph G,where Δ(G) denotes the maximum degree (that is, the maximum number of edges incident with a vertex) of G. Star-multigraphs for which χ′(G) = Δ(G) are said to be Class 1, and otherwise they are Class 2.

scholarly journals The Chromatic Index of Proper Circular-arc Graphs of Odd Maximum Degree which are Chordal

2019 ◽  
Vol 346 ◽  
pp. 125-133
Author(s):  
João Pedro W. Bernardi ◽  
Murilo V.G. da Silva ◽  
André Luiz P. Guedes ◽  
Leandro M. Zatesko
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Circular Arc ◽  
Circular Arc Graphs ◽  
Proper Circular Arc Graphs

A General Upper Bound on the List Chromatic Number of Locally Sparse Graphs

2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
VAN H. VU
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Present Author ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Constant Factor ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Sparse Graphs ◽  
Critical Graphs ◽  
Multiplicative Constant ◽  
List Chromatic Number

Suppose that G is a graph with maximum degree d(G) such that, for every vertex v in G, the neighbourhood of v contains at most d(G)2/f (f > 1) edges. We show that the list chromatic number of G is at most Kd(G)/log f, for some positive constant K. This result is sharp up to the multiplicative constant K and strengthens previous results by Kim [9], Johansson [7], Alon, Krivelevich and Sudakov [3], and the present author [18]. This also motivates several interesting questions.As an application, we derive several upper bounds for the strong (list) chromatic index of a graph, under various assumptions. These bounds extend earlier results by Faudree, Gyárfás, Schelp and Tuza [6] and Mahdian [13] and determine, up to a constant factor, the strong (list) chromatic index of a random graph. Another application is an extension of a result of Kostochka and Steibitz [10] concerning the structure of list critical graphs.

scholarly journals The game chromatic index of forests of maximum degree Δ⩾5

2006 ◽  
Vol 154 (9) ◽  
pp. 1317-1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Dominique Andres
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Game Chromatic Index

scholarly journals Chromatic index, treewidth and maximum degree

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 259-264
Author(s):  
Henning Bruhn ◽  
Laura Gellert ◽  
Richard Lang
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index

scholarly journals The chromatic index of a graph whose core has maximum degree two

1992 ◽  
Vol 101 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 135-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J.W. Hilton ◽  
Zhao Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index

scholarly journals The game chromatic index of some trees of maximum degree 4

2014 ◽  
Vol 170 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai Hong Chan ◽  
Ge Nong
Keyword(s):  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Chromatic Index ◽  
Game Chromatic Index
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