Single conflict coloring, adaptable choosability and separation choosability

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Main Authors: Casselgren, Carl Johan, Eriksson, Kalle
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author Casselgren, Carl Johan
Eriksson, Kalle
author_facet Casselgren, Carl Johan
Eriksson, Kalle
contents We study relations between three interrelated notions of graph (list) coloring: single conflict coloring, adapted list coloring and choosability with separation (with $1$ overlapping color between lists of adjacent vertices), and their respective invariants single conflict chromatic number $χ_{\nleftrightarrow}$, adaptable choosability $ch_{ad}$ and separation choosability $ch_{sep}$. We investigate graphs with small values of these invariants, and construct explicit families of graphs $G$ with $χ_{\nleftrightarrow}(G) = ch_{ad}(G) > ch_{sep}(G)$, as well as where all three invariants are equal. Furthermore, we consider planar graphs and investigate for which triples $(a,b,c)$, there is a planar graph $G$ with $(ch_{sep}(G), ch_{ad}(G), χ_{\nleftrightarrow}(G)) = (a,b,c)$. Throughout the paper we pose many questions on these graph coloring parameters, and discuss connections to related coloring invariants such as adapted coloring.
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spellingShingle Single conflict coloring, adaptable choosability and separation choosability
Casselgren, Carl Johan
Eriksson, Kalle
Combinatorics
We study relations between three interrelated notions of graph (list) coloring: single conflict coloring, adapted list coloring and choosability with separation (with $1$ overlapping color between lists of adjacent vertices), and their respective invariants single conflict chromatic number $χ_{\nleftrightarrow}$, adaptable choosability $ch_{ad}$ and separation choosability $ch_{sep}$. We investigate graphs with small values of these invariants, and construct explicit families of graphs $G$ with $χ_{\nleftrightarrow}(G) = ch_{ad}(G) > ch_{sep}(G)$, as well as where all three invariants are equal. Furthermore, we consider planar graphs and investigate for which triples $(a,b,c)$, there is a planar graph $G$ with $(ch_{sep}(G), ch_{ad}(G), χ_{\nleftrightarrow}(G)) = (a,b,c)$. Throughout the paper we pose many questions on these graph coloring parameters, and discuss connections to related coloring invariants such as adapted coloring.
title Single conflict coloring, adaptable choosability and separation choosability
topic Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13913