On the star b-chromatic number of a graph

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Main Authors: Božović, Dragana, Štesl, Daša Mesarič, Peterin, Iztok
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Published: 2025
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author Božović, Dragana
Štesl, Daša Mesarič
Peterin, Iztok
author_facet Božović, Dragana
Štesl, Daša Mesarič
Peterin, Iztok
contents A star coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper coloring where vertices of every two color classes induce a forest of stars. A strict partial order is defined on the set of all star colorings of $G$. We introduce the star b-chromatic number $S_b(G)$, analogous to the b-chromatic number, as the maximum number of colors in a minimum element of the mentioned order. We present several combinatorial properties of $S_b(G)$, compute the exact value for $S_b(G)$ for several known families and compare $S_b(G)$ with several invariants naturally connected to $S_b(G)$.
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spellingShingle On the star b-chromatic number of a graph
Božović, Dragana
Štesl, Daša Mesarič
Peterin, Iztok
Combinatorics
05C15
G.2.2
A star coloring of a graph $G$ is a proper coloring where vertices of every two color classes induce a forest of stars. A strict partial order is defined on the set of all star colorings of $G$. We introduce the star b-chromatic number $S_b(G)$, analogous to the b-chromatic number, as the maximum number of colors in a minimum element of the mentioned order. We present several combinatorial properties of $S_b(G)$, compute the exact value for $S_b(G)$ for several known families and compare $S_b(G)$ with several invariants naturally connected to $S_b(G)$.
title On the star b-chromatic number of a graph
topic Combinatorics
05C15
G.2.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00553