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.     

Injective coloring of planar graphs with girth 5

A coloring of a graph G is injective if its restriction to the neighbour of any vertex is injective. The injective chromatic number X_i\left(G\right) of a graph G is the leastk such that there is an injective k-coloring. In this paper, we prove that for each planar graph with g\ge 5 and \Delta \left(G\right)\ge 20, {\chi }_i\left(G\right)\le \Delta \left(G\right)+3.     

An oriented coloring of planar graphs with girth at least five

An oriented k-coloring of an oriented graph G is a homomorphism from G to an oriented graph H of order k. We prove that every oriented graph with a maximum average degree less than and girth at least 5 has an oriented chromatic number at most 16. This implies that every oriented planar graph with girth at least 5 has an oriented chromatic number at most 16, that improves the previous known bound of 19 due to Borodin et al. [O.V. Borodin, A.V. Kostochka, J. Nešet?il, A. Raspaud, É. Sopena, On the maximum average degree and the oriented chromatic number of a graph, Discrete Math. 206 (1999) 77-89].     

Injective coloring of planar graphs

A coloring of a graph G is injective if its restriction to the neighborhood of any vertex is injective. The injective chromatic numberχ_i(G) of a graph G is the least k such that there is an injective k-coloring. In this paper we prove that if G is a planar graph with girth g and maximum degree Δ, then (1) χ_i(G)=Δ if either g≥20 and Δ≥3, or g≥7 and Δ≥71; (2) χ_i(G)≤Δ+1 if g≥11; (3) χ_i(G)≤Δ+2 if g≥8.     

Improved square coloring of planar graphs

Square coloring is a variant of graph coloring where vertices within distance two must receive different colors. When considering planar graphs, the most famous conjecture (Wegner, 1977) states that $\frac{3}{2}\mathrm{\Delta }+1$ colors are sufficient to square color every planar graph of maximum degree Δ. This conjecture has been proven asymptotically for graphs with large maximum degree. We consider here planar graphs with small maximum degree and show that $2\mathrm{\Delta }+7$ colors are sufficient, which improves the best known bounds when $6?\mathrm{\Delta }?31$.     

Δ(G)=5的2-连通外平面图的邻点可区别全染色

Smarandachely邻点可区别全染色是指相邻点的色集合互不包含的邻点可区别全染色,是对邻点可区别全染色条件的进一步加强。本文研究了平面图的Smarandachely邻点可区别全染色,即根据2-连通外平面图的结构特点,利用分析法、数学归纳法,刻画了最大度为5的2-连通外平面图的Smarandachely邻点可区别全色数。证明了：如果$G$是一个$Delta （G）=5$的2-连通外平面图,则$chi_{rm sat}（G）leqslant 9$。     

Linear coloring of planar graphs with large girth

A proper vertex coloring of a graph G is linear if the graph induced by the vertices of any two color classes is the union of vertex-disjoint paths. The linear chromatic number of the graph G is the smallest number of colors in a linear coloring of G. In this paper we prove that every planar graph G with girth g and maximum degree Δ has if G satisfies one of the following four conditions: (1) g≥13 and Δ≥3; (2) g≥11 and Δ≥5; (3) g≥9 and Δ≥7; (4) g≥7 and Δ≥13. Moreover, we give better upper bounds of linear chromatic number for planar graphs with girth 5 or 6.     

On total 9‐coloring planar graphs of maximum degree seven

Given a graph G, a total k‐coloring of G is a simultaneous coloring of the vertices and edges of G with at most k colors. If Δ(G) is the maximum degree of G, then no graph has a total Δ‐coloring, but Vizing conjectured that every graph has a total (Δ + 2)‐coloring. This Total Coloring Conjecture remains open even for planar graphs. This article proves one of the two remaining planar cases, showing that every planar (and projective) graph with Δ ≤ 7 has a total 9‐coloring by means of the discharging method. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 31: 67–73, 1999     

A note on the minimum total coloring of planar graphs

Graph coloring is an important tool in the study of optimization,computer science,network design,e.g.,file transferring in a computer network,pattern matching,computation of Hessians matrix and so on.In this paper,we consider one important coloring,vertex coloring of a total graph,which is also called total coloring.We consider a planar graph G with maximum degree Δ(G)≥8,and proved that if G contains no adjacent i,j-cycles with two chords for some i,j∈{5,6,7},then G is total-(Δ+1)-colorable.     

Total coloring of planar graphs without chordal 7-cycles

A k-total-coloring of a graph G is a coloring of vertices and edges of G using k colors such that no two adjacent or incident elements receive the same color.In this paper,it is proved that if G is a planar graph with Δ(G) ≥ 7 and without chordal 7-cycles,then G has a(Δ(G) + 1)-total-coloring.     

Total choosability of planar graphs with maximum degree 4

Let G be a planar graph with maximum degree 4. It is known that G is 8-totally choosable. It has been recently proved that if G has girth g?6, then G is 5-totally choosable. In this note we improve the first result by showing that G is 7-totally choosable and complete the latter one by showing that G is 6-totally choosable if G has girth at least 5.     

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.