Counterexamples to Grötzsch-Sachs-Koester's conjecture |
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Authors: | Andrey A. Dobrynin |
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Affiliation: | Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia |
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Abstract: | Let G be a 4-regular planar graph and suppose that G has a cycle decomposition S (i.e., each edge of G is in exactly on cycle of the decomposition) with every pair of adjacent edges on a face always in different cycles of S. Such a graph G arises as a superposition of simple closed curves in the plane with tangencies disallowed. Grötzsch-Sachs-Koester's conjecture states that if the cycles of G can be partitioned into four classes, such that two cycles in the same classes are disjoint, G is vertex 3-colorable. In this note, the conjecture is disproved. |
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Keywords: | Planar graphs Graph coloring Vertex coloring Chromatic number |
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