scholarly journals Improper colouring of (random) unit disk graphs

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross J. Kang ◽  
Tobias Müller ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Sereni
Keyword(s):  
Unit Disk ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Unit Disk Graphs ◽  
Colour Class ◽  
International Audience

International audience For any graph $G$, the $k$-improper chromatic number $χ ^k(G)$ is the smallest number of colours used in a colouring of $G$ such that each colour class induces a subgraph of maximum degree $k$. We investigate the ratio of the $k$-improper chromatic number to the clique number for unit disk graphs and random unit disk graphs to extend results of [McRe99, McD03] (where they considered only proper colouring).

scholarly journals An upper bound for the chromatic number of line graphs

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. King ◽  
Bruce A. Reed ◽  
Adrian R. Vetta
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Line Graph ◽  
Polynomial Time Algorithm ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Line Graphs ◽  
International Audience

International audience It was conjectured by Reed [reed98conjecture] that for any graph $G$, the graph's chromatic number $χ (G)$ is bounded above by $\lceil Δ (G) +1 + ω (G) / 2\rceil$ , where $Δ (G)$ and $ω (G)$ are the maximum degree and clique number of $G$, respectively. In this paper we prove that this bound holds if $G$ is the line graph of a multigraph. The proof yields a polynomial time algorithm that takes a line graph $G$ and produces a colouring that achieves our bound.

scholarly journals A Strengthening of Brooks' Theorem for Line Graphs

10.37236/632 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Landon Rabern
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Line Graph ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Line Graphs ◽  
Delta G

We prove that if $G$ is the line graph of a multigraph, then the chromatic number $\chi(G)$ of $G$ is at most $\max\left\{\omega(G), \frac{7\Delta(G) + 10}{8}\right\}$ where $\omega(G)$ and $\Delta(G)$ are the clique number and the maximum degree of $G$, respectively. Thus Brooks' Theorem holds for line graphs of multigraphs in much stronger form. Using similar methods we then prove that if $G$ is the line graph of a multigraph with $\chi(G) \geq \Delta(G) \geq 9$, then $G$ contains a clique on $\Delta(G)$ vertices. Thus the Borodin-Kostochka Conjecture holds for line graphs of multigraphs.

scholarly journals The resolving number of a graph Delia

2013 ◽  
Vol Vol. 15 no. 3 (Graph Theory) ◽  
Author(s):  
Delia Garijo ◽  
Antonio González ◽  
Alberto Márquez
Keyword(s):  
Graph Theory ◽  
Polynomial Time ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Metric Dimension ◽  
Np Hard ◽  
Arbitrary Graph ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Graph Parameters ◽  
Two Parameters

Graph Theory International audience We study a graph parameter related to resolving sets and metric dimension, namely the resolving number, introduced by Chartrand, Poisson and Zhang. First, we establish an important difference between the two parameters: while computing the metric dimension of an arbitrary graph is known to be NP-hard, we show that the resolving number can be computed in polynomial time. We then relate the resolving number to classical graph parameters: diameter, girth, clique number, order and maximum degree. With these relations in hand, we characterize the graphs with resolving number 3 extending other studies that provide characterizations for smaller resolving number.

scholarly journals Squared Chromatic Number Without Claws or Large Cliques

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Wouter Cames van Batenburg ◽  
Ross J. Kang
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Sharp Bound ◽  
Line Graphs ◽  
Free Graph ◽  
Simple Graphs ◽  
Strengthened Form

AbstractLet $G$ be a claw-free graph on $n$ vertices with clique number $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}$, and consider the chromatic number $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}(G^{2})$ of the square $G^{2}$ of $G$. Writing $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}_{s}^{\prime }(d)$ for the supremum of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}(L^{2})$ over the line graphs $L$ of simple graphs of maximum degree at most $d$, we prove that $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}(G^{2})\leqslant \unicode[STIX]{x1D712}_{s}^{\prime }(\unicode[STIX]{x1D714})$ for $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}\in \{3,4\}$. For $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}=3$, this implies the sharp bound $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}(G^{2})\leqslant 10$. For $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}=4$, this implies $\unicode[STIX]{x1D712}(G^{2})\leqslant 22$, which is within 2 of the conjectured best bound. This work is motivated by a strengthened form of a conjecture of Erdős and Nešetřil.

scholarly journals Acyclic Coloring of Graphs of Maximum Degree $\Delta$

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Fertin ◽  
André Raspaud
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Time Algorithm ◽  
Linear Time Algorithm ◽  
Acyclic Coloring ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Better Than

International audience An acyclic coloring of a graph $G$ is a coloring of its vertices such that: (i) no two neighbors in $G$ are assigned the same color and (ii) no bicolored cycle can exist in $G$. The acyclic chromatic number of $G$ is the least number of colors necessary to acyclically color $G$, and is denoted by $a(G)$. We show that any graph of maximum degree $\Delta$ has acyclic chromatic number at most $\frac{\Delta (\Delta -1) }{ 2}$ for any $\Delta \geq 5$, and we give an $O(n \Delta^2)$ algorithm to acyclically color any graph of maximum degree $\Delta$ with the above mentioned number of colors. This result is roughly two times better than the best general upper bound known so far, yielding $a(G) \leq \Delta (\Delta -1) +2$. By a deeper study of the case $\Delta =5$, we also show that any graph of maximum degree $5$ can be acyclically colored with at most $9$ colors, and give a linear time algorithm to achieve this bound.

scholarly journals A Note on Coloring Vertex-Transitive Graphs

10.37236/4626 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Cranston ◽  
Landon Rabern
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Transitive Graph ◽  
Vertex Transitive ◽  
Vertex Transitive Graphs ◽  
Vertex Transitive Graph ◽  
Transitive Graphs

We prove bounds on the chromatic number $\chi$ of a vertex-transitive graph in terms of its clique number $\omega$ and maximum degree $\Delta$. We conjecture that every vertex-transitive graph satisfies $\chi \le \max \{\omega, \left\lceil\frac{5\Delta + 3}{6}\right\rceil\}$, and we prove results supporting this conjecture. Finally, for vertex-transitive graphs with $\Delta \ge 13$ we prove the Borodin–Kostochka conjecture, i.e., $\chi\le\max\{\omega,\Delta-1\}$.

Coloring of a non-zero component graph associated with a finite dimensional vector space

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (09) ◽  
pp. 1750173 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nikandish ◽  
H. R. Maimani ◽  
A. Khaksari
Keyword(s):  
Vector Space ◽  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Perfect Graph ◽  
Dimensional Vector Space ◽  
Finite Dimensional Vector Space ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Component Graph

A graph is called weakly perfect if its vertex chromatic number equals its clique number. Let [Formula: see text] be a vector space over a field [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] as a basis and [Formula: see text] as the null vector. The non-zero component graph of [Formula: see text] with respect to [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text], is a graph with the vertex set [Formula: see text] and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are adjacent if and only if there exists at least one [Formula: see text] along which both [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] have non-zero components. In this paper, it is shown that [Formula: see text] is a weakly perfect graph. Also, we give an explicit formula for the vertex chromatic number of [Formula: see text]. Furthermore, it is proved that the edge chromatic number of [Formula: see text] is equal to the maximum degree of [Formula: see text].

scholarly journals Colouring the Square of the Cartesian Product of Trees

2011 ◽  
Vol Vol. 13 no. 2 (Graph and Algorithms) ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Lower Bounds ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
International Audience

Graphs and Algorithms International audience We prove upper and lower bounds on the chromatic number of the square of the cartesian product of trees. The bounds are equal if each tree has even maximum degree.

PROXIMITY GRAPHS: E, δ, Δ, χ AND ω

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (05) ◽  
pp. 439-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
PROSENJIT BOSE ◽  
VIDA DUJMOVIĆ ◽  
FERRAN HURTADO ◽  
JOHN IACONO ◽  
STEFAN LANGERMAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Clique Number ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Point Sets ◽  
Planar Point ◽  
Graph Theoretic ◽  
Proximity Graphs ◽  
The Family

Graph-theoretic properties of certain proximity graphs defined on planar point sets are investigated. We first consider some of the most common proximity graphs of the family of the Delaunay graph, and study their number of edges, minimum and maximum degree, clique number, and chromatic number. In the second part of the paper we focus on the higher order versions of some of these graphs and give bounds on the same parameters.

scholarly journals Negative results on acyclic improper colorings

2005 ◽  
Vol DMTCS Proceedings vol. AE,... (Proceedings) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascal Ochem
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Planar Graphs ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Np Completeness ◽  
Negative Results ◽  
International Audience ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
Large Girth

International audience Raspaud and Sopena showed that the oriented chromatic number of a graph with acyclic chromatic number $k$ is at most $k2^{k-1}$. We prove that this bound is tight for $k \geq 3$. We also show that some improper and/or acyclic colorings are $\mathrm{NP}$-complete on a class $\mathcal{C}$ of planar graphs. We try to get the most restrictive conditions on the class $\mathcal{C}$, such as having large girth and small maximum degree. In particular, we obtain the $\mathrm{NP}$-completeness of $3$-$\mathrm{ACYCLIC \space COLORABILITY}$ on bipartite planar graphs with maximum degree $4$, and of $4$-$\mathrm{ACYCLIC \space COLORABILITY}$ on bipartite planar graphs with maximum degree $8$.

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