Semistrong edge colorings of planar graphs
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| contents | Strengthened notions of a matching $M$ of a graph $G$ have been considered, requiring that the matching $M$ has some properties with respect to the subgraph $G_M$ of $G$ induced by the vertices covered by $M$: If $M$ is the unique perfect matching of $G_M$, then $M$ is a \emph{uniquely restricted matching} of $G$; if all the edges of $M$ are pendant edges of $G_M$, then $M$ is a \emph{semistrong matching} of $G$; if all the vertices of $G_M$ are pendant, then $M$ is an \emph{induced matching} of $G$. Strengthened notions of edge coloring and of the chromatic index follow.
In this paper, we consider the maximum semistrong chromatic index of planar graphs with given maximum degree $Δ$. We prove that graphs with maximum average degree less than ${14}/{5}$ have semistrong chromatic index (hence uniquely restricted chromatic index) at most $2Δ+4$, and we reduce the bound to $2Δ+2$ if the maximum average degree is less than ${8}/{3}$. These cases cover, in particular, the cases of planar graphs with girth at least 7 (resp. at least 8).
Our result makes some progress on the conjecture of Lu{ž}ar, Mockov{č}iakov{á} and Sot{á}k [J.~Graph Theory 105 (2024) 612--632], which asserts that every planar graph $G$ has a semistrong edge coloring with $2Δ+C$ colors, for some universal constant $C$. (Note that such a conjecture would fail for strong edge coloring as there exist graphs with arbitrarily large maximum degree that are not strongly $(4Δ-5)$-edge-colorable.) We provide an example of a planar graph showing that the maximum semistrong chromatic index of planar graphs with maximum degree $Δ$ is at least $2Δ+4$. |
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| spellingShingle | Semistrong edge colorings of planar graphs Lin, Yuquan Lin, Wensong Combinatorics Strengthened notions of a matching $M$ of a graph $G$ have been considered, requiring that the matching $M$ has some properties with respect to the subgraph $G_M$ of $G$ induced by the vertices covered by $M$: If $M$ is the unique perfect matching of $G_M$, then $M$ is a \emph{uniquely restricted matching} of $G$; if all the edges of $M$ are pendant edges of $G_M$, then $M$ is a \emph{semistrong matching} of $G$; if all the vertices of $G_M$ are pendant, then $M$ is an \emph{induced matching} of $G$. Strengthened notions of edge coloring and of the chromatic index follow. In this paper, we consider the maximum semistrong chromatic index of planar graphs with given maximum degree $Δ$. We prove that graphs with maximum average degree less than ${14}/{5}$ have semistrong chromatic index (hence uniquely restricted chromatic index) at most $2Δ+4$, and we reduce the bound to $2Δ+2$ if the maximum average degree is less than ${8}/{3}$. These cases cover, in particular, the cases of planar graphs with girth at least 7 (resp. at least 8). Our result makes some progress on the conjecture of Lu{ž}ar, Mockov{č}iakov{á} and Sot{á}k [J.~Graph Theory 105 (2024) 612--632], which asserts that every planar graph $G$ has a semistrong edge coloring with $2Δ+C$ colors, for some universal constant $C$. (Note that such a conjecture would fail for strong edge coloring as there exist graphs with arbitrarily large maximum degree that are not strongly $(4Δ-5)$-edge-colorable.) We provide an example of a planar graph showing that the maximum semistrong chromatic index of planar graphs with maximum degree $Δ$ is at least $2Δ+4$. |
| title | Semistrong edge colorings of planar graphs |
| topic | Combinatorics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19230 |