“…The main problem if planar graphs are (3,1)-choosable remains open. We hope that this paper could serve as an inspiration of possible approaches to the problem.…”
We study choosability with separation which is a constrained version of list coloring of graphs. A (k, d)-list assignment L of a graph G is a function that assigns to each vertex v a list L(v) of at least k colors and for any adjacent pair xy, the lists L(x) andThis concept is also known as choosability with separation. We prove that planar graphs without 4-cycles are (3, 1)-choosable and that planar graphs without 5-cycles and 6-cycles are (3, 1)-choosable. In addition, we give an alternative and slightly stronger proof that triangle-free planar graphs are (3, 1)-choosable.
“…The main problem if planar graphs are (3,1)-choosable remains open. We hope that this paper could serve as an inspiration of possible approaches to the problem.…”
We study choosability with separation which is a constrained version of list coloring of graphs. A (k, d)-list assignment L of a graph G is a function that assigns to each vertex v a list L(v) of at least k colors and for any adjacent pair xy, the lists L(x) andThis concept is also known as choosability with separation. We prove that planar graphs without 4-cycles are (3, 1)-choosable and that planar graphs without 5-cycles and 6-cycles are (3, 1)-choosable. In addition, we give an alternative and slightly stronger proof that triangle-free planar graphs are (3, 1)-choosable.
“…For other information on the 3-colorability of planar graphs, we refer the reader to the excellent survey [3] by Borodin. Conjectures 1 and 2 seem very hard to confirm.…”
Section: Conjecture 2 Every Planar Graph With D ∇ ≥ 4 Is 3-colorablementioning
Montassier et al. showed that every planar graph without cycles of length at most five at distance less than four is 3-colorable [A relaxation of of Havel's 3-color problem, Inform. Process. Lett. 107 (2008) 107-109]. Borodin, Montassier and Raspaud asked in [Planar graphs without adjacent cycles of length at most seven are 3-colorable, Discrete Math. 310 (2010) 167-173]: is every planar graph without adjacent cycles of length at most five 3-colorable? In this note, we show that every planar graph without cycles of length at most five at distance less than two is 3-colorable.
“…Some extensions of Kotzig's Theorem and their application to colouring which was an important stimulating factor for extending Kotzig's Theorem, are discussed in [4].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Every 3-connected plane graph has a 3-path of one of the following: types: (10, 3, 10), (7,4,7), (6,5,6), (3,4,15), (3,6,11), (3,8,5), (3,10,3), (4,4,11), (4,5,7), or (4,7,5).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Every normal plane map contains an edge of one of the following types: (3,10), (4,7), or (5,6). The bounds 10, 7, and 6 are tight.…”
a b s t r a c t An (i, j, k)-path is a path on three vertices u, v and w in this order with deg(u) ≤ i, deg(v) ≤ j, and deg(w) ≤ k. In this paper, we prove that every connected plane graph of girth 4 and minimum degree at least 2 has at least one of the following: a (2, ∞, 2)-path, a (2, 7, 3)-path, a (3, 5, 3)-path, a (4, 2, 5)-path, or a (4, 3, 4)-path. Moreover, no parameter of this description can be improved. Our result supplements recent results concerning the existence of specific 3-paths in plane graphs.
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