Upper Bounds for the Automorphic Chromatic Index of a Graph

The automorphic H-chromatic index of a graph Γ is the minimum integer m for which Γ has a proper edge-coloring with m colors preserved by a given subgroup H of the full automorphism group of Γ. We determine upper bounds for this index in terms of the chromatic index of Γ for some abelian 2-groups H.     

Computing the Automorphic Chromatic Index of Certain Snarks

The automorphic G-chromatic index of a graph Γ is the minimum integer m for which Γ has a proper edge-coloring with m colors which is preserved by the full automorphism group G of Γ. We determine the automorphic G-chromatic index of each member of four infinite classes of snarks: type I Blanu?a snarks, type II Blanu?a snarks, Flower snarks and Goldberg snarks.     

图的色因子分解

设 ｎ１ ≥ ｎ ２ ≥ … ≥ ｎｋ ≥ ２ 是整数． 若图 Ｇ 能边分解成 Ｇ１  Ｇ２  …  Ｇｋ , 这里 χ（ Ｇｉ） ＝ ｎ ｉ, ｉ＝１,２,…,ｋ ,则称 Ｇ 有（ｎ１ , ｎ２ , …, ｎｋ ）色因子 分解． 本文改进 了 Ｈａｋｉｍ ｉ和 Ｓｃｈｍ ｅｉｃｈ ｅｌ 关于图的色因 子分解的结果,作为推 论,推广了 Ｍ ａｔｕｌａ 和 Ｈａｒａｒｙ 等人的结果     

关于重图的边色数

本文利用 A.Ehrenfeucht[2 ]等提出的两个引理 ,给出两个重图边色数的定理 .     

On the Neighbour-Distinguishing Index of a Graph

A proper edge colouring of a graph G is neighbour-distinguishing provided that it distinguishes adjacent vertices by sets of colours of their incident edges. It is proved that for any planar bipartite graph G with Δ(G)≥12 there is a neighbour-distinguishing edge colouring of G using at most Δ(G)+1 colours. Colourings distinguishing pairs of vertices that satisfy other requirements are also considered.     

Bounds to the Chromatic Polynomial of a Graph

In this paper, we present a simple inductive proof of some recently published bounds to the chromatic polynomial of a graph.     

The Sigma Chromatic Number of a Graph

For a nontrivial connected graph G, let ${c: V(G)\to {{\mathbb N}}}For a nontrivial connected graph G, let c: V(G)? \mathbb N{c: V(G)\to {{\mathbb N}}} be a vertex coloring of G, where adjacent vertices may be colored the same. For a vertex v of G, let N(v) denote the set of vertices adjacent to v. The color sum σ(v) of v is the sum of the colors of the vertices in N(v). If σ(u) ≠ σ(v) for every two adjacent vertices u and v of G, then c is called a sigma coloring of G. The minimum number of colors required in a sigma coloring of a graph G is called its sigma chromatic number σ(G). The sigma chromatic number of a graph G never exceeds its chromatic number χ(G) and for every pair a, b of positive integers with a ≤ b, there exists a connected graph G with σ(G) = a and χ(G) = b. There is a connected graph G of order n with σ(G) = k for every pair k, n of positive integers with k ≤n if and only if k ≠ n − 1. Several other results concerning sigma chromatic numbers are presented.     

The Chromatic Index of a Graph Whose Core is a Cycle of Order at Most 13

Let G be a graph. The core of G, denoted by G _Δ, is the subgraph of G induced by the vertices of degree Δ(G), where Δ(G) denotes the maximum degree of G. A k -edge coloring of G is a function f : E(G) → L such that |L| = k and f (e ₁) ≠ f (e ₂) for all two adjacent edges e ₁ and e ₂ of G. The chromatic index of G, denoted by χ′(G), is the minimum number k for which G has a k-edge coloring. A graph G is said to be Class 1 if χ′(G) = Δ(G) and Class 2 if χ′(G) = Δ(G) + 1. In this paper it is shown that every connected graph G of even order whose core is a cycle of order at most 13 is Class 1.     

色多项式对图的刻画

By means of the chromatic polynomials, this paper provided a necessary and sufficient condition for the graph G being a mono-cycle graph(the Theorem 1), a first class bi-cycle graph and a second class bicycle graph(the Theorem 2), respectively.     

On f-edge Cover Chromatic Index of Multigraphs

Let G be a multigraph with vertex set V（G）. Assume that a positive integer f（v） with 1 ≤ f（v） ≤ d（v） is associated with each vertex v ∈ V. An edge coloring of G is called an f-edge cover-coloring, if each color appears at each vertex v at least f（v） times. Let X＇fc（G） be the maximum positive integer k for which an f-edge cover-coloring with k colors of G exists. In this paper, we give a new lower bound of X＇fc（G）, which is sharp.     

On the Chromatic Number of the Visibility Graph of a Set of Points in the Plane

The visibility graph V(P) of a point set P \subseteq R² has vertex set P, such that two points v,w ∈ P are adjacent whenever there is no other point in P on the line segment between v and w. We study the chromatic number of V(P). We characterise the 2- and 3-chromatic visibility graphs. It is an open problem whether the chromatic number of a visibility graph is bounded by its clique number. Our main result is a super-polynomial lower bound on the chromatic number (in terms of the clique number).     

Some Theorems Concerning the Star Chromatic Number of a Graph

We investigate the notion of the star chromatic number of a graph in conjunction with various other graph parameters, among them, clique number, girth, and independence number.     

外平面图的对策色数

本文讨论了图的色对策 ,给出了外平面图的几个性质 ,并且利用性质证明了外平面图的对策色数至多是 6     

Edge-Distinguishing Index of a Graph

We introduce a concept of edge-distinguishing colourings of graphs. A closed neighbourhood of an edge \({e\in E(G)}\) is a subgraph N[e] induced by e and all edges adjacent to it. We say that a colouring c : E(G) → C does not distinguish two edges e ₁ and e ₂ if there exists an isomorphism φ of N[e ₁] onto N[e ₂] such that φ(e ₁) = e ₂ and φ preserves colours of c. An edge-distinguishing index of a graph G is the minimum number of colours in a proper colouring which distinguishes every two distinct edges of G. We determine the edge-distinguishing index for cycles, paths and complete graphs.     

完全二部图广义Mycielski图的邻点可区别全色数与邻强边色数

得到了完全二部图Km,n的广义Mycielski图Ml(Km,n),当(l≥1,n≥m≥2)时的邻点可区别全色数与邻强边色数.     

图的邻点可区别VE-全色数的一个上界

根据图的邻点可区别VE-全染色的定义和性质,用概率方法研究了图的邻点可区别VE-全染色,并给出了图的邻点可区别VE-全色数的一个上界.如果δ≥7且△≥25,则有x_at^ue（G）≤7△,其中δ是图G的最小度,△是图G的最大度.     

On the Maximum Matching Graph of a Graph

1IntroductionMatchingtheory,aswellastheassignmentprobleminlinearprogramming,hasawiderangeofapplicationinthetheoryandpracticeofoperationsresearch.Bysomepracticalmotivations,e.g.,forfindingalloptimalsolutions,peoplewanttoknowthestructurepropertiesofallmaximummatchingsofagraphG.InthecasethatGhasperfectmatchings,extensiveworkhasbeendoneontheso-calledperfectmatChinggrape(or1-factorgraph),inwhichtwoperfectmatchingsMIandMZaresaidtobeadjacentifMI~MZ@E(C)whereCisanMI-alternatingcycleofG.Therewer…     

Spanning Connectivity of the Power of a Graph and Hamilton-Connected Index of a Graph

Let G = (V, E) be a connected graph. The hamiltonian index h(G) (Hamilton-connected index hc(G)) of G is the least nonnegative integer k for which the iterated line graph L ^k (G) is hamiltonian (Hamilton-connected). In this paper we show the following. (a) If |V(G)| ≥ k + 1 ≥ 4, then in G ^k , for any pair of distinct vertices {u, v}, there exists k internally disjoint (u, v)-paths that contains all vertices of G; (b) for a tree T,  h(T) ≤ hc(T) ≤ h(T) + 1, and for a unicyclic graph G,  h(G) ≤ hc(G) ≤ max{h(G) + 1, k′ + 1}, where k′ is the length of a longest path with all vertices on the cycle such that the two ends of it are of degree at least 3 and all internal vertices are of degree 2; (c) we also characterize the trees and unicyclic graphs G for which hc(G) = h(G) + 1.     

The Hamiltonian Index of a Graph

 It is proved that the hamiltonian index of a connected graph other than a path is less than its diameter which improves the results of P. A. Catlin etc. [J. Graph Theory 14 (1990) 347–364] and M. L. Sarazin [Discrete Math. 134(1994)85–91]. Nordhaus-Gaddum's inequalities for the hamiltonian index of a graph are also established. Received: July 17, 1998 Final version received: September 13, 1999