Coloring permutation graphs in parallel

A coloring of a graph G is an assignment of colors to its vertices so that no two adjacent vertices have the same color. We study the problem of coloring permutation graphs using certain properties of the lattice representation of a permutation and relationships between permutations, directed acyclic graphs and rooted trees having specific key properties. We propose an efficient parallel algorithm which colors an n-node permutation graph in O(log² n) time using O(n²/log n) processors on the CREW PRAM model. Specifically, given a permutation π we construct a tree T^*[π], which we call coloring-permutation tree, using certain combinatorial properties of π. We show that the problem of coloring a permutation graph is equivalent to finding vertex levels in the coloring-permutation tree.     

Coloring planar perfect graphs by decomposition

This paper describes a decomposition scheme for coloring perfect graphs. Based on this scheme, one need only concentrate on coloring highly connected (at least 3-connected) perfect graphs. This idea is illustrated on planar perfect graphs, which yields a straightforward coloring algorithm. We suspect that, under appropriate definition, highly connected perfect graphs might possess certain regular properties that are amenable to coloring algorithms. This research has been supported in part by National Science Foundation under grant ECS—8105989 to Northwestern University.     

Coloring circle graphs

Circle graph is an intersection graph of chords of a circle. We denote the class of circle graphs by cir. In this paper we investigate the chromatic number of the circle graph as a function of the size of maximum clique $\omega =\omega (G)$. More precisely we investigate $f(k)=\max \{\chi (G)|G\in \text{CIR }\mathrm{\&}\omega (G)⩽k\}$. Kratochvíl and Kostochka showed that $f(k)⩽50\cdot 2^k-32k-64$. The best lower bound is by Kostochka and is $f(k)=\mathrm{\Omega }(k\log k)$. We improve the upper bound to $f(k)⩽21\cdot 2^k-24k-24$. We also present the bound $\chi (G)⩽\omega \cdot \log n$ which shows, that the circle graphs with small maximum clique and large chromatic number must have many vertices.     

Coloring of character graphs

In this paper, we study the character graph Δ(G) of a finite solvable group G. We prove that sum of the chromatic number of Δ(G) and the matching number of complement graph of Δ(G) is equal to the order of Δ(G). Also, we prove that when Δ(G) is not a block, the chromatic number of Δ(G) is equal to the clique number of Δ(G).     

Coloring graphs with crossings

We generalize the Five-Color Theorem by showing that it extends to graphs with two crossings. Furthermore, we show that if a graph has three crossings, but does not contain K₆ as a subgraph, then it is also 5-colorable. We also consider the question of whether the result can be extended to graphs with more crossings.     

Coloring of universal graphs

LetG be a graph andr a cardinal number. Extending the theorem of J. Folkman we show that if eitherr or clG are finite then there existsH with clH = clG andH (G) _r ¹ . Answering a question of A. Hajnal we show that countably universal graphU ₃ satisfiesU ₃ (U₃) _r ¹ for every finiter.     

Coloring Meyniel graphs in linear time

A Meyniel graph is a graph in which every odd cycle of length at least five has two chords. We present a linear-time algorithm that colors optimally the vertices of a Meyniel graph and finds a clique of maximum size.     

Coloring edges of embedded graphs

In this paper, we prove that any graph G with maximum degree , which is embeddable in a surface Σ of characteristic χ(Σ) ≤ 1 and satisfies , is class one. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 35: 197–205, 2000     

Coloring graphs with stable cutsets

This paper proves that if a graph G has a stable cutset S such that no vertex of S lies on a hole, then G is k-colorable if and only if the G_iUS are k-colorable, where G_i are the components of G ? S and a hole is a chordless odd-length (≥5) circuit. This result shows that critical hole-free perfect graphs cannot contain stable cutsets.     

Coloring signed graphs using DFS

We show that depth first search can be used to give a proper coloring of connected signed graphs G using at most \(\Delta (G)\) colors, provided G is different from a balanced complete graph, a balanced cycle of odd length, and an unbalanced cycle of even length, thus giving a new, short proof to the generalization of Brooks’ theorem to signed graphs, first proved by Má?ajová, Raspaud, and ?koviera.     

Flips in planar graphs

We review results concerning edge flips in planar graphs concentrating mainly on various aspects of the following problem: Given two different planar graphs of the same size, how many edge flips are necessary and sufficient to transform one graph into another? We overview both the combinatorial perspective (where only a combinatorial embedding of the graph is specified) and the geometric perspective (where the graph is embedded in the plane, vertices are points and edges are straight-line segments). We highlight the similarities and differences of the two settings, describe many extensions and generalizations, highlight algorithmic issues, outline several applications and mention open problems.     

Convex drawings of hierarchical planar graphs and clustered planar graphs

In this paper, we present results on convex drawings of hierarchical graphs and clustered graphs. A convex drawing is a planar straight-line drawing of a plane graph, where every facial cycle is drawn as a convex polygon. Hierarchical graphs and clustered graphs are useful graph models with structured relational information. Hierarchical graphs are graphs with layering structures; clustered graphs are graphs with recursive clustering structures.We first present the necessary and sufficient conditions for a hierarchical plane graph to admit a convex drawing. More specifically, we show that the necessary and sufficient conditions for a biconnected plane graph due to Thomassen [C. Thomassen, Plane representations of graphs, in: J.A. Bondy, U.S.R. Murty (Eds.), Progress in Graph Theory, Academic Press, 1984, pp. 43–69] remains valid for the case of a hierarchical plane graph. We then prove that every internally triconnected clustered plane graph with a completely connected clustering structure admits a “fully convex drawing,” a planar straight-line drawing such that both clusters and facial cycles are drawn as convex polygons. We also present algorithms to construct such convex drawings of hierarchical graphs and clustered graphs.     

Orienting planar graphs

It is shown that every maximal planar graph (triangulation) can be contracted at an arbitrary point (by identifying it with an adjacent point) so that triangularity is preserved. This is used as a lemma to prove that every triangulation can be (a) oriented so that with three exceptions every point has indegree three, the exceptions having indegrees 0, 1 and 2, and (b) decomposed into three edge-disjoint trees of equal order. The lemma also provides an elementary proof of a theorem of Wagner that every triangulation can be represented by a straight-line drawing.     

Coloring graphs by translates in the circle

The fractional and circular chromatic numbers are the two most studied non-integral refinements of the chromatic number of a graph. Starting from the definition of a coloring base of a graph, which originated in work related to ergodic theory, we formalize the notion of a gyrocoloring of a graph: the vertices are colored by translates of a single Borel set in the circle group, and neighboring vertices receive disjoint translates. The corresponding gyrochromatic number of a graph always lies between the fractional chromatic number and the circular chromatic number. We investigate basic properties of gyrocolorings. In particular, we construct examples of graphs whose gyrochromatic number is strictly between the fractional chromatic number and the circular chromatic number. We also establish several equivalent definitions of the gyrochromatic number, including a version involving all finite abelian groups.     

-Linked planar graphs

A graph G is (m,n)-linked if for any two disjoint subsets R,BV(G) with |R|m and |B|n, G has two disjoint connected subgraphs containing R and B, respectively. We shall prove that a planar graph with at least six vertices is (3,3)-linked if and only if G is 4-connected and maximal.     

Coloring graphs which have equibipartite complements

If G is a graph of order $2n \geq 4$ with an equibipartite complement, then G is Class 1 (i.e., the chromatic index of G is Δ (G)) if and only if G is not the union of two disjoint K_n's with n odd. Similarly if G is a graph of order 2n ≥ 6 whose complement G is equibipartite with bipartition (A, D), and if both G and B, the induced bipartite subgraph of G with bipartition (A, D), have a 1-factor, then G is Type 1 (i.e., the total chromatic number of G is Δ (G) + 1). © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Graph Theory 26: 183–194, 1997