Edge Partition of Graphs Embeddable in the Projective Plane and the Klein Bottle

In a previous paper by the author joint with Baogang XU published in Discrete Math in 2018, we show that every non-planar toroidal graph can be edge partitioned into a planar graph and an outerplanar graph. This edge partition then implies some results in thickness and outerthickness of toroidal graphs. In particular, if each planar graph has outerthickness at most $2$ (conjectured by Chartrand, Geller and Hedetniemi in 1971 and the confirmation of the conjecture was announced by Gon\c{c}alves in 2005), then the outerthickness of toroidal graphs is at most 3 which is the best possible due to $K_7$. In this paper we continue to study the edge partition for projective planar graphs and Klein bottle embeddable graphs. We show that (1) every non-planar but projective planar graph can be edge partitioned into a planar graph and a union of caterpillar trees; and (2) every non-planar Klein bottle embeddable graph can be edge partitioned into a planar graph and a subgraph of two vertex amalgamation of a caterpillar tree with a cycle with pendant edges. As consequences, the thinkness of projective planar graphs and Klein bottle embeddabe graphs are at most $2$, which are the best possible, and the outerthickness of these graphs are at most $3$.     

不含有5-圈和k4平面图的森林分解

本文研究了不含有5-圈和K₄的平面图的森林分解问题.利用权转移法,证明了任意不含有5-圈和K₄的平面图能分解成三个森林,且其中有一个森林的最大度不超过2,这一结果推广了文献[2,3]中的结论.     

Edge partitions of optimal 2-plane and 3-plane graphs

A topological graph is a graph drawn in the plane. A topological graph is $k$-plane, $k>0$, if each edge is crossed at most $k$ times. We study the problem of partitioning the edges of a $k$-plane graph such that each partite set forms a graph with a simpler structure. While this problem has been studied for $k=1$, we focus on optimal 2-plane and on optimal 3-plane graphs, which are 2-plane and 3-plane graphs with maximum density. We prove the following results. (i) It is not possible to partition the edges of a simple (i.e., with neither self-loops nor parallel edges) optimal 2-plane graph into a 1-plane graph and a forest, while (ii) an edge partition formed by a 1-plane graph and two plane forests always exists and can be computed in linear time. (iii) There exist efficient algorithms to partition the edges of a simple optimal 2-plane graph into a 1-plane graph and a plane graph with maximum vertex degree at most 12, or with maximum vertex degree at most 8 if the optimal2-plane graph is such that its crossing-free edges form a graph with no separating triangles. (iv) There exists an infinite family of simple optimal 2-plane graphs such that in any edge partition composed of a 1-plane graph and a plane graph, the plane graph has maximum vertex degree at least 6 and the 1-plane graph has maximum vertex degree at least 12. (v) Every optimal 3-plane graph whose crossing-free edges form a biconnected graph can be decomposed, in linear time, into a 2-plane graph and two plane forests.     

图的边覆盖染色中的分类问题(英文)

设 G是一个图 ,其边集是 E( G) ,E( G)的一个子集 S称为 G的一个边覆盖 ,若 G的每一点都是 S中一条边的端点 .G的一个 (正常 )边覆盖染色是对 G的边进行染色 ,使得每一色组都是 G的一个边覆盖 ,使 G有 (正常 )边覆盖染色所需最多颜色数 ,称为 G的边覆盖色数 ,用χ′c( G)表示 .已知的结果是对于任意简单图 G,都有 δ- 1≤ χ′c( G)≤ δ,δ是 G的最小度 .若 χ′c( G) =δ,则称 G是 CI类的 ;否则称为 CII类的 .本文主要研究了平面图及平衡的完全 r分图的分类问题     

Thickness and outerthickness for embedded graphs

We prove new upper bounds for the thickness and outerthickness of a graph in terms of its orientable and nonorientable genus by applying the method of deleting spanning disks of embeddings to approximate the thickness and outerthickness. We also show that every non-planar toroidal graph can be edge partitioned into a planar graph and an outerplanar graph. This implies that the outerthickness of the torus (the maximum outerthickness of all toroidal graphs) is 3. Finally, we show that all graphs embeddable in the double torus have thickness at most 3 and outerthickness at most 5.     

2-connected coverings of bounded degree in 3-connected graphs

In a recent paper, Barnette showed that every 3-connected planar graph has a 2-connected spanning subgraph of maximum degree at most fifteen, he also constructed a planar triangulation that does not have 2-connected spanning subgraphs of maximum degree five. In this paper, we show that every 3-connected graph which is embeddable in the sphere, the projective plane, the torus or the Klein bottle has a 2-connected spanning subgraph of maximum degree at most six. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

On Spin Models,Triply Regular Association Schemes,and Duality

Motivated by the construction of invariants of links in 3-space, we study spin models on graphs for which all edge weights (considered as matrices) belong to the Bose-Mesner algebra of some association scheme. We show that for series-parallel graphs the computation of the partition function can be performed by using series-parallel reductions of the graph appropriately coupled with operations in the Bose-Mesner algebra. Then we extend this approach to all plane graphs by introducing star-triangle transformations and restricting our attention to a special class of Bose-Mesner algebras which we call exactly triply regular. We also introduce the following two properties for Bose-Mesner algebras. The planar duality property (defined in the self-dual case) expresses the partition function for any plane graph in terms of the partition function for its dual graph, and the planar reversibility property asserts that the partition function for any plane graph is equal to the partition function for the oppositely oriented graph. Both properties hold for any Bose-Mesner algebra if one considers only series-parallel graphs instead of arbitrary plane graphs. We relate these notions to spin models for link invariants, and among other results we show that the Abelian group Bose-Mesner algebras have the planar duality property and that for self-dual Bose-Mesner algebras, planar duality implies planar reversibility. We also prove that for exactly triply regular Bose-Mesner algebras, to check one of the above properties it is sufficient to check it on the complete graph on four vertices. A number of applications, examples and open problems are discussed.     

On edge colorings of 1-toroidal graphs

A graph is 1-toroidal, if it can be embedded in the torus so that each edge is crossed by at most one other edge. In this paper, it is proved that every 1-toroidal graph with maximum degree Δ≥ 10 is of class one in terms of edge coloring. Meanwhile, we show that there exist class two 1-toroidal graphs with maximum degree Δ for each Δ≤ 8.     

Equitable Coloring of Three Classes of 1-planar Graphs

A graph is 1-planar if it can be drawn on a plane so that each edge is crossed by at most one other edge. A plane graph with near-independent crossings or independent crossings, say NIC-planar graph or IC-planar graph, is a 1-planar graph with the restriction that for any two crossings the four crossed edges are incident with at most one common vertex or no common vertices, respectively. In this paper, we prove that each 1-planar graph, NIC-planar graph or IC-planar graph with maximum degree Δ at least 15, 13 or 12 has an equitable Δ-coloring, respectively. This verifies the well-known Chen-Lih-Wu Conjecture for three classes of 1-planar graphs and improves some known results.     

A Planar linear arboricity conjecture

The linear arboricity la(G) of a graph G is the minimum number of linear forests (graphs where every connected component is a path) that partition the edges of G. In 1984, Akiyama et al. [Math Slovaca 30 (1980), 405–417] stated the Linear Arboricity Conjecture (LAC) that the linear arboricity of any simple graph of maximum degree Δ is either ?Δ/2? or ?(Δ + 1)/2?. In [J. L. Wu, J Graph Theory 31 (1999), 129–134; J. L. Wu and Y. W. Wu, J Graph Theory 58(3) (2008), 210–220], it was proven that LAC holds for all planar graphs. LAC implies that for Δ odd, la(G) = ?Δ/2?. We conjecture that for planar graphs, this equality is true also for any even Δ?6. In this article we show that it is true for any even Δ?10, leaving open only the cases Δ = 6, 8. We present also an O(n logn) algorithm for partitioning a planar graph into max{la(G), 5} linear forests, which is optimal when Δ?9. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory     

On acyclic edge coloring of planar graphs without intersecting triangles

Let Δ denote the maximum degree of a graph. Fiam?ík first and then Alon et al. again conjectured that every graph is acyclically edge (Δ+2)-colorable. Even for planar graphs, this conjecture remains open. It is known that every triangle-free planar graph is acyclically edge (Δ+5)-colorable. This paper proves that every planar graph without intersecting triangles is acyclically edge (Δ+4)-colorable.     

Bidegreed graphs are edge reconstructible

An edge-deleted subgraph of a graph G is a subgraph obtained from G by the deletion of an edge. The Edge Reconstruction Conjecture asserts that every simple finite graph with four or more edges is determined uniquely, up to isomorphism, by its collection of edge-deleted subgraphs. A class of graphs is said to be edge reconstructible if there is no graph in the class with four or more edges that is not edge reconstructible. This paper proves that bidegreed graphs (graphs whose vertices all have one of two possible degrees) are edge reconstructible. The results are then generalized to show that all graphs that do not have three consecutive integers in their degree sequence are also edge reconstructible.     

A structural theorem for planar graphs with some applications

In this note, we prove a structural theorem for planar graphs, namely that every planar graph has one of four possible configurations: (1) a vertex of degree 1, (2) intersecting triangles, (3) an edge xy with d(x)+d(y)≤9, (4) a 2-alternating cycle. Applying this theorem, new moderate results on edge choosability, total choosability, edge-partitions and linear arboricity of planar graphs are obtained.     

Note on 3-choosability of planar graphs with maximum degree 4

Deciding whether a planar graph (even of maximum degree 4) is 3-colorable is NP-complete. Determining subclasses of planar graphs being 3-colorable has a long history, but since Grötzsch’s result that triangle-free planar graphs are such, most of the effort was focused to solving Havel’s and Steinberg’s conjectures. In this paper, we prove that every planar graph obtained as a subgraph of the medial graph of any bipartite plane graph is 3-choosable. These graphs are allowed to have close triangles (even incident), and have no short cycles forbidden, hence representing an entirely different class than the graphs inferred by the above mentioned conjectures.     

Acyclic edge coloring of subcubic graphs

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 it is denoted by a^′(G). From a result of Burnstein it follows that all subcubic graphs are acyclically edge colorable using five colors. This result is tight since there are 3-regular graphs which require five colors. In this paper we prove that any non-regular connected graph of maximum degree 3 is acyclically edge colorable using at most four colors. This result is tight since all edge maximal non-regular connected graphs of maximum degree 3 require four colors.     

Detecting strong cliques

A strong clique in a graph is a clique intersecting every maximal independent set. We study the computational complexity of six algorithmic decision problems related to strong cliques in graphs and almost completely determine their complexity in the classes of chordal graphs, weakly chordal graphs, line graphs and their complements, and graphs of maximum degree at most three. Our results rely on connections with matchings and relate to several graph properties studied in the literature, including well-covered graphs, localizable graphs, and general partition graphs.     

Further extensions of the Grötzsch Theorem

The Grötzsch Theorem states that every triangle-free planar graph admits a proper 3-coloring. Among many of its generalizations, the one of Grünbaum and Aksenov, giving 3-colorability of planar graphs with at most three triangles, is perhaps the most known. A lot of attention was also given to extending 3-colorings of subgraphs to the whole graph. In this paper, we consider 3-colorings of planar graphs with at most one triangle. Particularly, we show that precoloring of any two non-adjacent vertices and precoloring of a face of length at most 4 can be extended to a 3-coloring of the graph. Additionally, we show that for every vertex of degree at most 3, a precoloring of its neighborhood with the same color extends to a 3-coloring of the graph. The latter result implies an affirmative answer to a conjecture on adynamic coloring. All the presented results are tight.     

A note on the arboricity of graphs

The well known theorem of Nash-Williams determines the graphs that are union ofk edge disjoint forests. The main result presented in this note is that any graph which is the union ofk edge disjoint forests is in fact a union ofk such forests in which if a vertex has degree at least 3 in one of the forests then its degree is positive in all the other forests. We also discuss consequences of this result with respect to the arboricity of regular graphs.     

最大度为6的平面图为第一类的一个新充分条件

本文证明了:若一个平面图G不含带弦的6-圈,则G是第一类的.这部分地证实了Vizing的关于平面图边染色的一个猜想.