Asymptotically optimal neighbour sum distinguishing colourings of graphs

Consider a simple graph G = (V,E) and its proper edge colouring c with the elements of the set {1,2,…,k}. The colouring c is said to be neighbour sum distinguishing if for every pair of vertices u, v adjacent in G, the sum of colours of the edges incident with u is distinct from the corresponding sum for v. The smallest integer k for which such colouring exists is known as the neighbour sum distinguishing index of a graph and denoted by . The definition of this parameter, which makes sense for graphs containing no isolated edges, immediately implies that , where Δ is the maximum degree of G. On the other hand, it was conjectured by Flandrin et al. that for all those graphs, except for C₅. We prove this bound to be asymptotically correct by showing that . The main idea of our argument relays on a random assignment of the colours, where the choice for every edge is biased by so called attractors, randomly assigned to the vertices. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Random Struct. Alg., 47, 776–791, 2015     

图的邻点全和可区别全染色

设f:V(G)∪E(G)→{1,2,…,k}是图G的一个正常k-全染色。令■其中N(x)={y∈V(G)|xy∈E(G)}。对任意的边uv∈E(C),若有Φ(u)≠Φ(v)成立,则称f是图G的一个邻点全和可区别k-全染色。图G的邻点全和可区别全染色中最小的颜色数k叫做G的邻点全和可区别全色数,记为f tndi∑(G)。本文确定了路、圈、星、轮、完全二部图、完全图以及树的邻点全和可区别全色数,同时猜想:简单图G(≠K2)的邻点全和可区别全色数不超过△(G)+2。     

List neighbor sum distinguishing edge coloring of subcubic graphs

A proper $k$-edge-coloring of a graph with colors in $\{1,2,\dots ,k\}$ is neighbor sum distinguishing (or, NSD for short) if for any two adjacent vertices, the sums of the colors of the edges incident with each of them are distinct. Flandrin et al. conjectured that every connected graph with at least $6$ vertices has an NSD edge coloring with at most $\Delta +2$ colors. Huo et al. proved that every subcubic graph without isolated edges has an NSD $6$-edge-coloring. In this paper, we first prove a structural result about subcubic graphs by applying the decomposition theorem of Trotignon and Vu?kovi?, and then applying this structural result and the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz, we extend the NSD $6$-edge-coloring result to its list version and show that every subcubic graph without isolated edges has a list NSD $6$-edge-coloring.     

Neighbor sum distinguishing edge coloring of subcubic graphs

A proper edge-k-coloring of a graph G is a mapping from E(G) to {1, 2,..., k} such that no two adjacent edges receive the same color. A proper edge-k-coloring of G is called neighbor sum distinguishing if for each edge uv ∈ E(G), the sum of colors taken on the edges incident to u is different from the sum of colors taken on the edges incident to v. Let χ_Σ'(G) denote the smallest value k in such a coloring of G. This parameter makes sense for graphs containing no isolated edges(we call such graphs normal). The maximum average degree mad(G) of G is the maximum of the average degrees of its non-empty subgraphs. In this paper, we prove that if G is a normal subcubic graph with mad(G) 5/2,then χ_Σ'(G) ≤ 5. We also prove that if G is a normal subcubic graph with at least two 2-vertices, 6 colors are enough for a neighbor sum distinguishing edge coloring of G, which holds for the list version as well.     

Neighbor sum distinguishing total colorings of K 4-minor free graphs

A total [k]-coloring of a graph G is a mapping φ： V（G） U E（G） →{1, 2, ..., k} such that any two adjacent elements in V（G）UE（G） receive different colors. Let f（v） denote the sum of the colors of a vertex v and the colors of all incident edges of v. A total [k]-neighbor sum distinguishing-coloring of G is a total [k]-coloring of G such that for each edge uv E E（G）, f（u） ≠ f（v）. By tt [G, Xsd（ J, we denote the smallest value k in such a coloring of G. Pilniak and Woniak conjectured X＇sd（G） 〈 A（G） ＋ 3 for any simple graph with maximum degree A（G）. This conjecture has been proved for complete graphs, cycles, bipartite graphs, and subcubic graphs. In this paper, we prove that it also holds for Ka-minor free graphs. Furthermore, we show that if G is a Ka-minor flee graph with A（G） 〉 4, then ＂ Xnsd（G） 〈 A（G） ＋ 2. The bound A（G） ＋ 2 is sharp.     

Neighbor sum distinguishing total colorings of triangle free planar graphs

A total k-coloring c of a graph G is a proper total coloring c of G using colors of the set[k] = {1, 2,..., k}. Let f(u) denote the sum of the color on a vertex u and colors on all the edges incident to u. A k-neighbor sum distinguishing total coloring of G is a total k-coloring of G such that for each edge uv ∈ E(G), f(u) = f(v). By χ nsd(G), we denote the smallest value k in such a coloring of G. Pil′sniak and Wo′zniak conjectured that χ nsd(G) ≤Δ(G) + 3 for any simple graph with maximum degree Δ(G). In this paper, by using the famous Combinatorial Nullstellensatz, we prove that the conjecture holds for any triangle free planar graph with maximum degree at least 7.     

Strong chromatic index of unit distance graphs

The strong chromatic index of a graph , denoted by , is defined as the least number of colors in a coloring of edges of , such that each color class is an induced matching (or: if edges and have the same color, then both vertices of are not adjacent to any vertex of ). A graph is a unit distance graph in if vertices of can be uniquely identified with points in , so that is an edge of if and only if the Euclidean distance between the points identified with and is 1. We would like to find the largest possible value of , where is a unit distance graph (in and ) of maximum degree . We show that , where is a unit distance graph in of maximum degree . We also show that the maximum possible size of a strong clique in unit distance graph in is linear in and give a tighter result for unit distance graphs in the plane.     

路的字典积的邻和可区别边染色

图G的正常[k]-边染色σ是指颜色集合为[k]={1,2,…,k}的G的一个正常边染色.用w_σ（x）表示顶点x关联边的颜色之和,即w_σ（x）=∑_e∋x σ（e）,并称w_σ（x）关于σ的权.图G的k-邻和可区别边染色是指相邻顶点具有不同权的正常[k]-边染色,最小的k值称为G的邻和可区别边色数,记为χ'_∑（G）.现得到了路P_n与简单连通图H的字典积P_n[H]的邻和可区别边色数的精确值,其中H分别为正则第一类图、路、完全图的补图.     

若干图类的邻强边染色

研究了若干图类的邻强边染色 .利用在图中添加辅助点和边的方法 ,构造性的证明了对于完全图 Kn和路 Lm 的笛卡尔积图 Kn× Lm,有χ′as(Kn× Lm) =△ (Kn× Lm) +1 ,其中△ (Kn× Lm)和χ′as(Kn× Lm)分别表示图 Kn× Lm的最大度和邻强边色数 .同理验证了 n阶完全图 Kn的广义图 K(n,m)满足邻强边染色猜想 .     

The optimal general upper bound for the distinguishing index of infinite graphs

The distinguishing index $D\prime \left(G\right)$ of a graph $G$ is the least cardinal number $d$ such that $G$ has an edge-coloring with $d$ colors, which is preserved only by the trivial automorphism. We prove a general upper bound $D\prime \text{◂≤▸}\left(G\right)\le \mathrm{\Delta }-1$ for any connected infinite graph $G$ with finite maximum degree $\mathrm{\Delta }\ge 3$. This is in contrast with finite graphs since for every $\mathrm{\Delta }\ge 3$ there exist infinitely many connected, finite graphs $G$ with $\text{◂,▸}D\prime \left(G\right)=\mathrm{\Delta }$. We also give examples showing that this bound is sharp for any maximum degree $\mathrm{\Delta }$.     

Neighbor sum distinguishing total colorings of graphs with bounded maximum average degree

A proper [h]-total coloring c of a graph G is a proper total coloring c of G using colors of the set [h]={1,2,...,h}.Letw(u) denote the sum of the color on a vertex u and colors on all the edges incident to u.For each edge uv∈E(G),if w(u)≠w(v),then we say the coloring c distinguishes adjacent vertices by sum and call it a neighbor sum distinguishing [h]-total coloring of G.By tndi(G),we denote the smallest value h in such a coloring of G.In this paper,we obtain that G is a graph with at least two vertices,if mad(G)3,then tndi∑(G)≤k+2 where k=max{Δ(G),5}.It partially con?rms the conjecture proposed by Pil′sniak and Wozniak.     

Adjacent vertex distinguishing total coloring of planar graphs with maximum degree 9

Let $k$ be a positive integer. An adjacent vertex distinguishing (for short, AVD) total-$k$-coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper total-$k$-coloring of $G$ such that any two adjacent vertices have different color sets, where the color set of a vertex $v$ contains the color of $v$ and the colors of its incident edges. It was conjectured that any graph with maximum degree $\Delta$ has an AVD total-($\Delta +3$)-coloring. The conjecture was confirmed for any graph with maximum degree at most 4 and any planar graph with maximum degree at least 10. In this paper, we verify the conjecture for all planar graphs with maximum degree at least 9. Moreover, we prove that any planar graph with maximum degree at least 10 has an AVD total-($\Delta +2$)-coloring and the bound $\Delta +2$ is sharp.     

Coloring the Cartesian sum of graphs

For graphs G and H, let G⊕H denote their Cartesian sum. We investigate the chromatic number and the circular chromatic number for G⊕H. It has been proved that for any graphs G and H, . It has been conjectured that for any graphs G and H, . We confirm this conjecture for graphs G and H with special values of χ_c(G) and χ_c(H). These results improve previously known bounds on the corresponding coloring parameters for the Cartesian sum of graphs.     

Upper bounds on vertex distinguishing chromatic index of some Halin graphs

A vertex distinguishing edge coloring of a graph G is a proper edge coloring of G such that any pair of vertices has the distinct sets of colors. The minimum number of colors required for a vertex distinguishing edge coloring of a graph G is denoted by ???? _s (G). In this paper, we obtained upper bounds on the vertex distinguishing chromatic index of 3-regular Halin graphs and Halin graphs with ??(G) ?? 4, respectively.     

On integral sum graphs

A graph G is said to be an integral sum graph if its nodes can be given a labeling f with distinct integers, so that for any two distinct nodes u and v of G, uv is an edge of G if and only if f(u)+f(v)=f(w) for some node w in G. A node of G is called a saturated node if it is adjacent to every other node of G. We show that any integral sum graph which is not K₃ has at most two saturated nodes. We determine the structure for all integral sum graphs with exactly two saturated nodes, and give an upper bound for the number of edges of a connected integral sum graph with no saturated nodes. We introduce a method of identification on constructing new connected integral sum graphs from given integral sum graphs with a saturated node. Moreover, we show that every graph is an induced subgraph of a connected integral sum graph. Miscellaneous related results are also presented.