The minimum number of colors needed to properly color the vertices and edges of a graph G is called the total chromatic number of G and denoted by χ'' (G). It is shown that if a planar graph G has maximum deg...The minimum number of colors needed to properly color the vertices and edges of a graph G is called the total chromatic number of G and denoted by χ'' (G). It is shown that if a planar graph G has maximum degree Δ≥9, then χ'' (G) = Δ + 1. In this paper, we prove that if G is a planar graph with maximum degree 8 and without intersecting chordal 4-cycles, then χ ''(G) = 9.展开更多
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文摘The minimum number of colors needed to properly color the vertices and edges of a graph G is called the total chromatic number of G and denoted by χ'' (G). It is shown that if a planar graph G has maximum degree Δ≥9, then χ'' (G) = Δ + 1. In this paper, we prove that if G is a planar graph with maximum degree 8 and without intersecting chordal 4-cycles, then χ ''(G) = 9.
