Local condition for planar graphs of maximum degree 7 to be 8-totally colorable

The total chromatic number of a graph G, denoted by χ^″(G), is the minimum number of colors needed to color the vertices and edges of G such that no two adjacent or incident elements get the same color. It is known that if a planar graph G has maximum degree Δ≥9, then χ^″(G)=Δ+1. In this paper, we prove that if G is a planar graph with maximum degree 7, and for every vertex v, there is an integer k_v∈{3,4,5,6} so that v is not incident with any k_v-cycle, then χ^″(G)=8.     

A sufficient condition for planar graphs to be acyclically 5‐choosable

A proper vertex coloring of a graph G = (V, E) is acyclic if G contains no bicolored cycle. Given a list assignment L = {L(v)|v∈V} of G, we say G is acyclically L‐list colorable if there exists a proper acyclic coloring π of G such that π(v)∈L(v) for all v∈V. If G is acyclically L‐list colorable for any list assignment with |L(v)|≥k for all v∈V, then G is acyclically k‐choosable. In this article we prove that every planar graph without 4‐cycles and without intersecting triangles is acyclically 5‐choosable. This improves the result in [M. Chen and W. Wang, Discrete Math 308 (2008), 6216–6225], which says that every planar graph without 4‐cycles and without two triangles at distance less than 3 is acyclically 5‐choosable. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory     

Total colorings of planar graphs with maximum degree at least 8

Planar graphs with maximum degree Δ ⩾ 8 and without 5- or 6-cycles with chords are proved to be (δ + 1)-totally-colorable. This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation of Ministry of Education of Zhejiang Province, China (Grant No. 20070441)     

高度平面图的邻点可区别全染色

图G 的邻点可区别全染色是G 的一个正常全染色, 使得每一对相邻顶点有不同的颜色集合. G的邻点可区别全色数χ_a′′ (G) 是使得G 有一个k- 邻点可区别全染色的最小颜色数k. 本文证明了: 若G 是满足最大度Δ(G) ≥ 11 的平面图, 则χ_a′′ (G) ≤ Δ(G) + 3.     

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.     

Planar graphs with maximum degree 8 and without intersecting chordal 4-cycles are 9-totally colorable

The minimum number of colors needed to properly color the vertices and edges of a graph G is called the total chromatic number of G and denoted by χ’’ (G). It is shown that if a planar graph G has maximum degree Δ≥9, then χ’’ (G) = Δ + 1. In this paper, we prove that if G is a planar graph with maximum degree 8 and without intersecting chordal 4-cycles, then χ ’’(G) = 9.     

Planar graphs with maximum degree 8 and without adjacent triangles are 9-totally-colorable

The Total Coloring Conjecture, in short, TCC, says that every simple graph is (Δ+2)-totally-colorable where Δ is the maximum degree of the graph. Even for planar graphs this conjecture has not been completely settled yet. However, every planar graph with Δ≥9 has been proved to be (Δ+1)-totally-colorable. In this paper, we prove that planar graphs with maximum degree 8 and without adjacent triangles are 9-totally-colorable.     

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.     

Total colorings of planar graphs with large maximum degree

It is proved that a planar graph with maximum degree Δ ≥ 11 has total (vertex-edge) chromatic number $Delta; + 1. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 26: 53–59, 1997     

Some sufficient conditions for a planar graph of maximum degree six to be Class 1

Let G be a planar graph of maximum degree 6. In this paper we prove that if G does not contain either a 6-cycle, or a 4-cycle with a chord, or a 5- and 6-cycle with a chord, then χ^′(G)=6, where χ^′(G) denotes the chromatic index of G.     

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.     

Acyclic edge coloring of planar graphs without adjacent cycles

A proper edge coloring of a graph G is said to be acyclic if there is no bicolored cycle in G.The acyclic edge chromatic number of G,denoted byχ′a(G),is the smallest number of colors in an acyclic edge coloring of G.Let G be a planar graph with maximum degree.In this paper,we show thatχ′a(G)+2,if G has no adjacent i-and j-cycles for any i,j∈{3,4,5},which implies a result of Hou,Liu and Wu(2012);andχ′a(G)+3,if G has no adjacent i-and j-cycles for any i,j∈{3,4,6}.     

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     

平面图3色可染的一个充分条件

Steinberg猜想既没有4-圈又没有5-圈的平面图是3色可染的. Xu, Borodin等人各自独立地证明了既没有相邻三角形又没有5-和7-圈的平面图是3 色可染的. 作为这一结果的推论, 没有4-, 5-和7-圈的平面图是3色可染的. 本文证明一个比此推论更接近Steinberg猜想的结果, 设G是一个既没有4-圈又没有5-圈的平面图, 若对每一个k∈{3, 6, 7}, G都不含(k, 7)-弦, 则G是3色可染的, 这里的(k, 7)-弦是指长度为7+k-2的圈的一条弦, 它的两个端点将圈分成两条路, 一条路的长度为6, 另一条路的长度为k-1.     

最大度大于等于7的平面图的线性荫度

图的染色问题在组合优化、计算机科学和Hessians矩阵的网络计算等方面具有非常重要的应用。其中图的染色中有一种重要的染色——线性荫度,它是一种非正常的边染色,即在简单无向图中,它的边可以分割成线性森林的最小数量。研究最大度$\bigtriangleup（G）\geq7$的平面图$G$的线性荫度,证明了对于两个固定的整数$i$,$j\in\{5,6,7\}$,如果图$G$中不存在相邻的含弦$i$,$j$-圈,则图$G$的线性荫度为$\lceil\frac\bigtriangleup2\rceil$。     

Total chromatic number of planar graphs with maximum degree ten

In this article we prove that the total chromatic number of a planar graph with maximum degree 10 is 11. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 54: 91–102, 2007     

The linear arboricity of planar graphs of maximum degree seven is four

The linear arboricity of a graph G is the minimum number of linear forests which partition the edges of G. Akiyama et al. conjectured that for any simple graph G. Wu wu proved the conjecture for a planar graph G of maximum degree . It is noted here that the conjecture is also true for . © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 58:210‐220, 2008     

Improper choosability of graphs and maximum average degree

Improper choosability of planar graphs has been widely studied. In particular, ?krekovski investigated the smallest integer g_k such that every planar graph of girth at least g_k is k‐improper 2‐choosable. He proved [9] that 6 ≤ g₁ ≤ 9; 5 ≤ g₂ ≤ 7; 5 ≤ g₃ ≤ 6; and ? k ≥ 4, g_k = 5. In this article, we study the greatest real M(k, l) such that every graph of maximum average degree less than M(k, l) is k‐improper l‐choosable. We prove that if l ≥ 2 then . As a corollary, we deduce that g₁ ≤ 8 and g₂ ≤ 6, and we obtain new results for graphs of higher genus. We also provide an upper bound for M(k, l). This implies that for any fixed l, . © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 52: 181–199, 2006