scholarly journals Toughness of $K_{a,t}$-Minor-free Graphs

10.37236/635 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guantao Chen ◽  
Yoshimi Egawa ◽  
Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi ◽  
Bojan Mohar ◽  
Katsuhiro Ota
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Positive Constant ◽  
Complete Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Spanning Tree ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Minor Free Graphs ◽  
Vertex Sets ◽  
Connected Planar Graph

The toughness of a non-complete graph $G$ is the minimum value of $\frac{|S|}{\omega(G-S)}$ among all separating vertex sets $S\subset V(G)$, where $\omega(G-S)\ge 2$ is the number of components of $G-S$. It is well-known that every $3$-connected planar graph has toughness greater than $1/2$. Related to this property, every $3$-connected planar graph has many good substructures, such as a spanning tree with maximum degree three, a $2$-walk, etc. Realizing that 3-connected planar graphs are essentially the same as 3-connected $K_{3,3}$-minor-free graphs, we consider a generalization to $a$-connected $K_{a,t}$-minor-free graphs, where $3\le a\le t$. We prove that there exists a positive constant $h(a,t)$ such that every $a$-connected $K_{a,t}$-minor-free graph $G$ has toughness at least $h(a,t)$. For the case where $a=3$ and $t$ is odd, we obtain the best possible value for $h(3,t)$. As a corollary it is proved that every such graph of order $n$ contains a cycle of length $\Omega(\log_{h(a,t)} n)$.

scholarly journals Planar Graphs of Maximum Degree Six without 7-cycles are Class One

10.37236/2589 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danjun Huang ◽  
Weifan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree

In this paper, we prove that every planar graph of maximum degree six without 7-cycles is class one.

scholarly journals Adjacency Labelling for Planar Graphs (and Beyond)

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Vida Dujmović ◽  
Louis Esperet ◽  
Cyril Gavoille ◽  
Gwenaël Joret ◽  
Piotr Micek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Order Term ◽  
Optimal Result ◽  
Induced Subgraph ◽  
Bounded Degree ◽  
Graph Classes ◽  
Bounded Degree Graphs ◽  
Minor Free Graphs ◽  
Labelling Scheme

We show that there exists an adjacency labelling scheme for planar graphs where each vertex of an n -vertex planar graph G is assigned a (1 + o(1)) log 2 n -bit label and the labels of two vertices u and v are sufficient to determine if uv is an edge of G . This is optimal up to the lower order term and is the first such asymptotically optimal result. An alternative, but equivalent, interpretation of this result is that, for every positive integer n , there exists a graph U n with n 1+o(1) vertices such that every n -vertex planar graph is an induced subgraph of U n . These results generalize to a number of other graph classes, including bounded genus graphs, apex-minor-free graphs, bounded-degree graphs from minor closed families, and k -planar graphs.

scholarly journals Near-Colorings: Non-Colorable Graphs and NP-Completeness

10.37236/3509 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Montassier ◽  
P. Ochem
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Fixed Integer ◽  
Np Completeness ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Np Complete

A graph $G$ is $(d_1,...,d_l)$-colorable if the vertex set of $G$ can be partitioned into subsets $V_1,\ldots ,V_l$ such that the graph $G[V_i]$ induced by the vertices of $V_i$ has maximum degree at most $d_i$ for all $1 \leq i \leq l$. In this paper, we focus on complexity aspects of such colorings when $l=2,3$. More precisely, we prove that, for any fixed integers $k,j,g$ with $(k,j) \neq (0,0)$ and $g\geq3$, either every planar graph with girth at least $g$ is $(k,j)$-colorable or it is NP-complete to determine whether a planar graph with girth at least $g$ is $(k,j)$-colorable. Also, for any fixed integer $k$, it is NP-complete to determine whether a planar graph that is either $(0,0,0)$-colorable or non-$(k,k,1)$-colorable is $(0,0,0)$-colorable. Additionally, we exhibit non-$(3,1)$-colorable planar graphs with girth 5 and non-$(2,0)$-colorable planar graphs with girth 7. 

scholarly journals A Sufficient Condition for Planar Graphs of Maximum Degree 6 to be Totally 7-Colorable

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Enqiang Zhu ◽  
Yongsheng Rao
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Simple Graph ◽  
Total Coloring ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Open Case ◽  
Total Coloring Conjecture

A total k-coloring of a graph is an assignment of k colors to its vertices and edges such that no two adjacent or incident elements receive the same color. The total coloring conjecture (TCC) states that every simple graph G has a total ΔG+2-coloring, where ΔG is the maximum degree of G. This conjecture has been confirmed for planar graphs with maximum degree at least 7 or at most 5, i.e., the only open case of TCC is that of maximum degree 6. It is known that every planar graph G of ΔG≥9 or ΔG∈7,8 with some restrictions has a total ΔG+1-coloring. In particular, in (Shen and Wang, 2009), the authors proved that every planar graph with maximum degree 6 and without 4-cycles has a total 7-coloring. In this paper, we improve this result by showing that every diamond-free and house-free planar graph of maximum degree 6 is totally 7-colorable if every 6-vertex is not incident with two adjacent four cycles or three cycles of size p,q,ℓ for some p,q,ℓ∈3,4,4,3,3,4.

scholarly journals Colouring Planar Graphs With Three Colours and No Large Monochromatic Components

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 551-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
LOUIS ESPERET ◽  
GWENAËL JORET
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree

We prove the existence of a function $f :\mathbb{N} \to \mathbb{N}$ such that the vertices of every planar graph with maximum degree Δ can be 3-coloured in such a way that each monochromatic component has at most f(Δ) vertices. This is best possible (the number of colours cannot be reduced and the dependence on the maximum degree cannot be avoided) and answers a question raised by Kleinberg, Motwani, Raghavan and Venkatasubramanian in 1997. Our result extends to graphs of bounded genus.

scholarly journals Defective 3-Paintability of Planar Graphs

10.37236/7084 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Grzegorz Gutowski ◽  
Ming Han ◽  
Tomasz Krawczyk ◽  
Xuding Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Winning Strategy ◽  
Marked Vertex

A $d$-defective $k$-painting game on a graph $G$ is played by two players: Lister and Painter. Initially, each vertex is uncolored and has $k$ tokens. In each round, Lister marks a chosen set $M$ of uncolored vertices and removes one token from each marked vertex. In response, Painter colors vertices in a subset $X$ of $M$ which induce a subgraph $G[X]$ of maximum degree at most $d$. Lister wins the game if at the end of some round there is an uncolored vertex that has no more tokens left. Otherwise, all vertices eventually get colored and Painter wins the game. We say that $G$ is $d$-defective $k$-paintable if Painter has a winning strategy in this game. In this paper we show that every planar graph is 3-defective 3-paintable and give a construction of a planar graph that is not 2-defective 3-paintable.

scholarly journals Face-Degree Bounds for Planar Critical Graphs

10.37236/5895 ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligang Jin ◽  
Yingli Kang ◽  
Eckhard Steffen
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Upper Bounds ◽  
Partial Characterization ◽  
Critical Graphs ◽  
Degree Bounds

The only remaining case of a well known conjecture of Vizing states that there is no planar graph with maximum degree 6 and edge chromatic number 7. We introduce parameters for planar graphs,  based on the degrees of the faces, and study the question whether there are upper bounds for these parameters for planar edge-chromatic critical graphs. Our results provide upper bounds on these parameters for smallest counterexamples to Vizing's conjecture, thus providing a partial characterization of such graphs, if they exist.For $k \leq 5$ the results give insights into the structure of planar edge-chromatic critical graphs.

scholarly journals On the Diameter of Random Planar Graphs

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
GUILLAUME CHAPUY ◽  
ÉRIC FUSY ◽  
OMER GIMÉNEZ ◽  
MARC NOY
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Formula Group ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Connected Planar Graph

We show that the diameter diam(Gn) of a random labelled connected planar graph withnvertices is equal ton1/4+o(1), in probability. More precisely, there exists a constantc> 0 such that$$ P(\D(G_n)\in(n^{1/4-\e},n^{1/4+\e}))\geq 1-\exp(-n^{c\e}) $$for ε small enough andn ≥ n0(ε). We prove similar statements for 2-connected and 3-connected planar graphs and maps.

A new result of list 2-distance coloring of planar graphs with g(G) ≥ 5

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850044
Author(s):  
Tao Pan ◽  
Lei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Discrete Math ◽  
Distance Formula

It was proved in [Y. Bu and C. Shang, List 2-distance coloring of planar graphs without short cycles, Discrete Math. Algorithm. Appl. 8 (2016) 1650013] that for every planar graph with girth [Formula: see text] and maximum degree [Formula: see text] is list 2-distance [Formula: see text]-colorable. In this paper, we proved that: for every planar graph with [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is list 2-distance [Formula: see text]-colorable.

scholarly journals On the Maximum Degree of Path-Pairable Planar Graphs

10.37236/7291 ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
António Girão ◽  
Gábor Mészáros ◽  
Kamil Popielarz ◽  
Richard Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Planar Graph ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Disjoint Paths ◽  
Edge Disjoint ◽  
Finite Genus

A graph is path-pairable if for any pairing of its vertices there exist edge-disjoint paths joining the vertices in each pair. We investigate the behaviour of the maximum degree in path-pairable planar graphs. We show that any $n$-vertex path-pairable planar graph must contain a vertex of degree linear in $n$. Our result generalizes to graphs embeddable on a surface of finite genus.  

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