CIRCULAR CHROMATIC NUMBER AND MYCIELSKI GRAPHS

For a general graph G, M（G） denotes its Mycielski graph. This article gives a number of new sufficient conditions for G to have the circular chromatic number xc（M（G）） equals to the chromatic number x（M（G））, which have improved some best sufficient conditions published up to date.

Circular Chromatic Numbers of Some Distance Graphs

The circular chromatic number of a graph is an important parameter of a graph. The distance graph G(Z,D) , with a distance set D , is the infinite graph with vertex set Z={0,±1,±2,...} in which two vertices x and y are adjacent iff y-x∈D . This paper determines the circular chromatic numbers of two classes of distance graphs G(Z,D m,k,k+1 ) and G(Z,D m,k,k+1,k+2 ).

EDGE-FACE CHROMATIC NUMBER OF 2-CONNECTED PLANE GRAPHS WITH HIGH MAXIMUM DEGREE

The edge-face chromatic number Xef （G） of a plane graph G is the least number of colors assigned to the edges and faces such that every adjacent or incident pair of them receives different colors. In this article, the authors prove that every 2-connected plane graph G with △（G）≥｜G｜ - 2≥9 has Xef（G） = △（G）.

Some results on circular chromatic number of a graph

For two integers k and d with （k, d） = 1 and k≥2d, let G^dk be the graph with vertex set {0,1,…k - 1 } in which ij is an edge if and only if d≤｜ i -j I｜≤k - d. The circular chromatic number χc（G） of a graph G is the minimum of k/d for which G admits a homomorphism to G^dk. The relationship between χc（ G- v） and χc （G）is investigated. In particular, the circular chromatic number of G^dk - v for any vertex v is determined. Some graphs withx χc（G - v） =χc（G） - 1 for any vertex v and with certain properties are presented. Some lower bounds for the circular chromatic number of a graph are studied, and a necessary and sufficient condition under which the circular chromatic number of a graph attains the lower bound χ- 1 ＋ 1/α is proved, where χ is the chromatic number of G and a is its independence number.

The Circular Chromatic Number of Some Special Graphs

The circular chromatic number of a graph is a natural generalization of the chromatic number. Circular chromatic number contains more information about the structure of a graph than chromatic number does. In this paper we obtain the circular chromatic numbers of special graphs such as C t k and C t k-v, and give a simple proof of the circular chromatic number of H m,n .

ENTIRE CHROMATIC NUMBER AND Δ-MATCHING OF OUTERPLANE GRAPHS

Let G be an outerplane graph with maximum degree A and the entire chromatic number Xvef（G）. This paper proves that if △ ≥6, then △＋ 1≤Xvef（G）≤△＋ 2, and Xvef （G） = △＋ 1 if and only if G has a matching M consisting of some inner edges which covers all its vertices of maximum degree.

CHROMATIC NUMBER OF SQUARE OF MAXIMAL OUTERPLANAR GRAPHS

Let x（G^2） denote the chromatic number of the square of a maximal outerplanar graph G and Q denote a maximal outerplanar graph obtained by adding three chords y1 y3, y3y5, y5y1 to a 6-cycle y1y2…y6y1. In this paper, it is proved that △ ＋ 1 ≤ x（G^2） ≤△ ＋ 2, and x（G^2） = A ＋ 2 if and only if G is Q, where A represents the maximum degree of G.

Game Chromatic Number of Some Regular Graphs

Let G be a graph and k be a positive integer. We consider a game with two players Alice and Bob who alternate in coloring the vertices of G with a set of k colors. In every turn, one vertex will be chosen by one player. Alice’s goal is to color all vertices with the k colors, while Bob’s goal is to prevent her. The game chromatic number denoted by?χg(G), is the smallest k such that Alice has a winning strategy with k colors. In this paper, we determine the game chromatic number?χg of circulant graphs?Cn(1,2), , and generalized Petersen graphs GP(n,2), GP(n,3).

Chromatic Number of Graphs with Special Distance Sets-V

An integer distance graph is a graph G(Z,D) with the set of integers as vertex set and an edge joining two vertices u and?v if and only if ∣u - v∣D where D is a subset of the positive integers. It is known that x(G(Z,D) )=4 where P is a set of Prime numbers. So we can allocate the subsets D of P to four classes, accordingly as is 1 or 2 or 3 or 4. In this paper we have considered the open problem of characterizing class three and class four sets when the distance set D is not only a subset of primes P but also a special class of primes like Additive primes, Deletable primes, Wedderburn-Etherington Number primes, Euclid-Mullin sequence primes, Motzkin primes, Catalan primes, Schroder primes, Non-generous primes, Pell primes, Primeval primes, Primes of Binary Quadratic Form, Smarandache-Wellin primes, and Highly Cototient number primes. We also have indicated the membership of a number of special classes of prime numbers in class 2 category.

Further Results on Acyclic Chromatic Number

An acyclic coloring of a graph is a proper vertex coloring such that the union of any two color classes induces a disjoint collection of trees.The purpose of this paper is to derive exact values of acyclic chromatic number of some graphs.

Total Chromatic Number of the Join of K_(m,n) and C_n

The total chromatic number xT（G） of a graph G is the minimum number of colors needed to color the elements（vertices and edges） of G such that no adjacent or incident pair of elements receive the same color, G is called Type 1 if xT（G） =△（G）＋1. In this paper we prove that the join of a complete bipartite graph Km,n and a cycle Cn is of Type 1.

Geodetic Number and Geo-Chromatic Number of 2-Cartesian Product of Some Graphs

A set S ⊆ V (G) is called a geodetic set if every vertex of G lies on a shortest u-v path for some u, v ∈ S, the minimum cardinality among all geodetic sets is called geodetic number and is denoted by . A set C ⊆ V (G) is called a chromatic set if C contains all vertices of different colors in G, the minimum cardinality among all chromatic sets is called the chromatic number and is denoted by . A geo-chromatic set Sc ⊆ V (G) is both a geodetic set and a chromatic set. The geo-chromatic number of G is the minimum cardinality among all geo-chromatic sets of G. In this paper, we determine the geodetic number and the geo-chromatic number of 2-cartesian product of some standard graphs like complete graphs, cycles and paths.

Edge-face Chromatic Number of 2-connected 1-tree with △(G) = 5

Wang Wei-fan[1] proved that the edge-face chromatic number of a 2-connected 1-tree with the maximum degree is not less than 6 is its maximum degree, and he conjectured that it is true when the maximum degree is 5. This paper proves the conjecture.

The Complete Chromatic Number of Maximal Outerplane Graphs

Let G be a maximal outerplane graph and X0(G) the complete chromatic number of G. This paper determines exactly X0(G) for △(G)≠5 and proves 6≤X0.(G)≤7 for △(G) = 5, where △(G) is the maximum degree of vertices of G.

The Equitable Total Chromatic Number of Some Join graphs

A proper total-coloring of graph G is said to be?equitable if the number of elements (vertices and edges) in any?two color classes differ by at most one, which the required?minimum number of colors is called the equitable total chromatic?number. In this paper, we prove some theorems on equitable?total coloring and derive the equitable total chromatic numbers?of Pm V?Sn, Pm V?Fn and Pm V Wn.

On the Chromatic Number of (P5, C5, Cricket)-Free Graphs

For a graph G, let be the chromatic number of G. It is well-known that holds for any graph G with clique number . For a hereditary graph class , whether there exists a function f such that holds for every has been widely studied. Moreover, the form of minimum such an f is also concerned. A result of Schiermeyer shows that every -free graph G with clique number has . Chudnovsky and Sivaraman proved that every -free with clique number graph is -colorable. In this paper, for any -free graph G with clique number , we prove that . The main methods in the proof are set partition and induction.

THE TOTAL CHROMATIC NUMBER OF PSEUDO-OUTERPLANAR GRAPHS

A planar graph G is called a i pseudo outerplanar graph if there is a subset V 0V(G),|V 0|=i, such that G-V 0 is an outerplanar graph. In particular, when G-V 0 is a forest, G is called a i pseudo tree. In this paper, the following results are proved: (i) The conjecture on the total coloring is true for all 1 pseudo outerplanar graphs; (ii) χ t(G)=Δ(G)+1 for any 1 pseudo outerplanar graph G with Δ(G)6 and for any 1 pseudo tree G with Δ(G)3, where χ t(G) is the total chromatic number of a graph G .

The Chromatic Number of(P_(5),HVN)-free Graphs

Let G be a graph.We useχ(G)andω(G)to denote the chromatic number and clique number of G respectively.A P_(5)is a path on 5 vertices,and an HVN is a K_(4)together with one more vertex which is adjacent to exactly two vertices of K_(4).Combining with some known result,in this paper we show that if G is(P_(5),HVN)-free,thenχ(G)≤max{min{16,ω(G)+3},ω(G)+1}.This upper bound is almost sharp.

F_(m)、P_(n)⊙F_(m)和C_(n)⊙F_(m)的r-hued染色研究

给定2个图G和H,它们的corona乘积图记为G⊙H,是将图G拷贝一份、图H拷贝|V(G)|份,图G的第i个顶点和图H的第i个拷贝份的每个顶点连边而得到的图.图G的(k,r)-染色是图G正常k-染色,使得度数为d的每个顶点的邻点至少染min{d,r}种不同的颜色.r-hued染色数是最小正整数k,使得图G具有(k,r)-染色,用χr(G)来表示.主要讨论F_(m),P_(n)⊙F_(m)和C_(n)⊙F_(m)的r-hued染色数.

一类仙人掌图的D(2)-点可区别全染色

用数学归纳法和组合分析法给出最大度为3的仙人掌图G T的D(2)-点可区别全染色,进而得到χ_(2vt)(G T)≤6.结果表明,D(β)-VDTC猜想对最大度为3的仙人掌图成立.