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Main Authors: Harutyunyan, Ararat, Surroca, Gil Puig i
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16565
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author Harutyunyan, Ararat
Surroca, Gil Puig i
author_facet Harutyunyan, Ararat
Surroca, Gil Puig i
contents The dichromatic number of a digraph $D$ is the smallest $k$ such that $D$ can be partitioned into $k$ acyclic subdigraphs, and the dichromatic number of an undirected graph is the maximum dichromatic number over all its orientations. Extending a well-known result of Lovász, we show that the dichromatic number of the Kneser graph $KG(n,k)$ is $Θ(n-2k+2)$ and that the dichromatic number of the Borsuk graph $BG(n+1,a)$ is $n+2$ if $a$ is large enough. We then study the list version of the dichromatic number. We show that, for any $\varepsilon>0$ and $2\leq k\leq n^{1/2-\varepsilon}$, the list dichromatic number of $KG(n,k)$ is $Θ(n\ln n)$. This extends a recent result of Bulankina and Kupavskii on the list chromatic number of $KG(n,k)$, where the same behaviour was observed. We also show that for any $ρ>3$, $r\geq 2$ and $m\geq\max\{\ln^ρr,2\}$, the list dichromatic number of the complete $r$-partite graph with $m$ vertices in each part is $Θ(r\ln m)$, extending a classical result of Alon. Finally, we give a directed analogue of Sabidussi's theorem on the chromatic number of graph products.
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Harutyunyan, Ararat
Surroca, Gil Puig i
Combinatorics
The dichromatic number of a digraph $D$ is the smallest $k$ such that $D$ can be partitioned into $k$ acyclic subdigraphs, and the dichromatic number of an undirected graph is the maximum dichromatic number over all its orientations. Extending a well-known result of Lovász, we show that the dichromatic number of the Kneser graph $KG(n,k)$ is $Θ(n-2k+2)$ and that the dichromatic number of the Borsuk graph $BG(n+1,a)$ is $n+2$ if $a$ is large enough. We then study the list version of the dichromatic number. We show that, for any $\varepsilon>0$ and $2\leq k\leq n^{1/2-\varepsilon}$, the list dichromatic number of $KG(n,k)$ is $Θ(n\ln n)$. This extends a recent result of Bulankina and Kupavskii on the list chromatic number of $KG(n,k)$, where the same behaviour was observed. We also show that for any $ρ>3$, $r\geq 2$ and $m\geq\max\{\ln^ρr,2\}$, the list dichromatic number of the complete $r$-partite graph with $m$ vertices in each part is $Θ(r\ln m)$, extending a classical result of Alon. Finally, we give a directed analogue of Sabidussi's theorem on the chromatic number of graph products.
title Colouring Complete Multipartite and Kneser-type Digraphs
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.16565